Chagas Disease Vector Control in a Hyperendemic Setting: The First 11 Years of Intervention in Cochabamba, Bolivia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Espinoza, Natalisisy ^a   Borrás, Rafael ^a   Abad Franch, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; TRIATOMA;

EID: 84901247911     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002782     Document Type: Article

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