The development and validation of a risk score for household infestation by Triatoma infestans, a Bolivian vector of Chagas disease

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 677-682

  Saunders, Matthew ^a   Small, Alexander ^a   Dedicoat, Martin ^a   Roberts, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Chagas disease; Risk score; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALIA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 84867332781     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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