Estimating contact process saturation in sylvatic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the United States

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kribs Zaleta, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREVALENCE; RACCOON; REVIEW; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA GERSTAECKERI; TRIATOMA SANGUISUGA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SIGMODONTINAE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPOSSUMS; RACCOONS; SIGMODONTINAE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77952393206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000656     Document Type: Review

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