Serological survey for Chagas disease in the rural areas of Manaus, Coari, and Tefé in the Western Brazilian Amazon;Inquérito sorológico para doença de Chagas em áreas rurais de Manaus, Coari e Tefé na Amazônia Ocidental

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 697-702

  Magalhães, Belisa Maria Lopes ^a   Coelho, Leíla Ines Aguiar Raposo Câmara ^b,c   Maciel, Marcel Gonçalves ^a   Ferreira, João Marcos Benfica Barbosa ^c   Umezawa, Eufrozina Setsu ^d   Coura, José Rodrigues ^e   Guerra, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira ^a,b   Barbosa, Maria das Graças Vale ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Chagas Disease; Serological Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84855854682     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011000600009     Document Type: Article

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