Chagas disease in Italy: Breaking an epidemiological silence

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 1-

  Angheben, A ^a,b   Anselmi, M ^a,b   Gobbi, F ^a,b   Marocco, S ^a   Monteiro, G ^a   Buonfrate, D ^a,b   Tais, S ^a   Talamo, M ^c   Zavarise, G ^a   Strohmeyer, M ^b,d   Bartalesi, F ^d   Mantella, A ^d   di Tommaso, M ^d   Aiello, K H ^d   Veneruso, G ^e   Graziani, G ^d   Ferrari, M M ^f   Spreafico, I ^f   Bonifacio, E ^a   Gaiera, G ^g   Lanzafame, M ^h   Mascarello, M ^h   Cancrini, G ⁱ   Albajar Vinas P ^j   Bisoffi, Z ^a,b   Bartoloni, A ^b,d   more..

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HEalth status of MIgrants from Latin America   (United States)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f L Mangiagalli Hospital   (Italy)

^g SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h University Hospital GB Rossi   (Italy)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^j WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTED CHILD; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 80053066448     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.37.19969-en     Document Type: Article

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