The Epidemiological Relevance of Family Study in Chagas Disease

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zulantay, Inés ^a   Apt, Werner ^a   Ramos, Daniel ^a   Godoy, Lorena ^a   Valencia, Claudio ^b   Molina, Matías ^c   Sepúlveda, Eduardo ^a   Thieme, Patricio ^a   Martínez, Gabriela ^a   Corral, Gabriela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Hospital de Salamanca   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

^d Illapel Hospital   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITRACONAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 84874781675     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001959     Document Type: Article

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