Vectorial and congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in Las Lomitas, Formosa;Transmision vectorial y congenita del Trypanosoma cruzi en Las Lomitas, Formosa

Medicina

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 424-430

  Sosa Estani, Sergio ^a,b,c   Dri, Lucia ^d   Touris, Cecilia ^a   Abalde, Sergio ^d   Dell'arciprete, Ana ^a   Braunstein, Jose ^c  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^d Hospital de Las Lomitas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chagas disease; Congenital transmission; Triatomine; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFESTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; TRIATOMINAE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349574184     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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