Health Policies to Control Chagas Disease Transmission in European Countries

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Requena Méndez, Ana ^a   Albajar Viñas, Pere ^b   Angheben, Andrea ^c   Chiodini, Peter ^d   Gascón, Joaquim ^a   Muñoz, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAW; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYRINGE NEEDLE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84920506934     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003245     Document Type: Article

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