Chagas disease in Australia and New Zealand: Risks and needs for public health interventions

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 212-218

  Jackson, Yves ^a,b   Pinto, Angie ^c,d   Pett, Sarah ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chagas disease; New Zealand; Trypanosoma cruzi; Western Pacific Region

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HEALTH RISK; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BLOOD DONOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AUSTRALIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WESTERN PACIFIC REGION;

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONORS; CHAGAS DISEASE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84892674585     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12235     Document Type: Article

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