Research needs for Chagas disease prevention

Acta Tropica

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 44-54

  Abad Franch, Fernando ^a   Santos, Walter S ^a   Schofield, Christopher J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Control; Patient care; Prevention; Research; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; NIFURTIMOX; POSACONAZOLE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RAVUCONAZOLE; TRYPANOTHIONE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; INSECT; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ANOREXIA; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALAISE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NEURITIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; TRIATOMINAE; VECTOR CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; TRIATOMINAE;

TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 77953027557     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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