Chagas disease among the latin american adult population attending in a primary care center in Barcelona, Spain

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Roca, Carme ^a   Pinazo, María Jesús ^a   López Chejade, Paolo ^a   Bayó, Joan ^a   Posada, Elizabeth ^a   López Solana, Jordi ^a   Gállego, Montserrat ^a   Portús, Montserrat ^a   Gascón, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 79955857706     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001135     Document Type: Article

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