The current screening programme for congenital transmission of chagas disease in Catalonia, Spain

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 38, 2011, Pages

  Basile, L ^a   Oliveira, I ^b   Ciruela, P ^a   Plasencia, A ^a  

^a GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SPAIN;

EID: 80053926964     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.38.19972-en     Document Type: Article

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