Chagas disease risk in Texas

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Sarkar, Sahotra ^a   Strutz, Stavana E ^a   Frank, David M ^a   Rivaldi, Chissa Louise ^a   Sissel, Blake ^a   Sánchez Cordero, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTROPY; HABITAT USE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA GERSTAECKERI; TRIATOMA LETICULARIA; TRIATOMA SANGUISUGA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTORS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS; TRIATOMA;

EID: 78449262654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000836     Document Type: Article

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