Door-to-door screening as a strategy for the detection of congenital Chagas disease in rural Bolivia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-569

  Romero, Mario ^a   Postigo, Jorge ^a   Schneider, Dominique ^b   Chippaux, Jean Philippe ^a   Santalla, José Antonio ^c   Brutus, Laurent ^b  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Child health; Congenital; Epidemiology; Maternal health

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

BOLIVIA;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79954961341     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02746.x     Document Type: Article

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