Trends on acute Chagas' disease transmitted by oral route in Brazil: Steady increase in new cases and a concealed residual fluctuation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 494-496

  Benchimol Barbosa, Paulo R ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^b Rio de Janeiro Military Fire Department Central Hospital   (Brazil)

^c GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Oral transmission; Periodic pattern; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; ORAL TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS;

EID: 78649924996     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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