Epidemiology of American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-18

  Kirchhoff, Louis V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Endemic regions; Enzootic regions; Triatomine; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BOOK; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79960992162     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385863-4.00001-0     Document Type: Chapter

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