Exploring the association between trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural communities and environmental changes in the Southern Gran Chaco

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-237

  Moreno, Mariana Laura ^a   Hoyos, Laura ^b   Cabido, Marcelo ^b   Catalá, Silvia Susana ^a   Gorla, David Eladio ^a  

^a Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas Anillaco   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Gran chaco; Land cover changes

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84857982687     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000200013     Document Type: Article

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