Molecular epidemiologic source tracking of orally transmitted chagas disease, Venezuela

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1098-1101

  Segovia, Maikell ^a   Carrasco, Hernán J ^a   Martínez, Clara E ^a   Messenger, Louisa A ^b   Nessi, Anaibeth ^a   Londoño, Juan C ^c   Espinosa, Raul ^d   Martínez, Cinda ^f   Alfredo, Mijares ^e   Bonfante Cabarcas, Rafael ^g   Lewis, Michael D ^b   de Noya, Belkisyolé A ^a   Miles, Michael A ^b   Llewellyn, Martin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Trabajo y Seguridad Social Venezuela   (Venezuela)

^e INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^f Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud   (Venezuela)

^g UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PARASITEMIA; POLYPHYLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VENEZUELA;

CARACAS; CHAGAS DISEASE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORAL; ORALLY TRANSMITTED; PARASITES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOME; VARGAS STATE; VECTOR-BORNE INFECTIONS; VENEZUELA; ZOONOSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84879178587     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1907.121576     Document Type: Article

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