Potential novel risk factors for autochthonous and sylvatic transmission of human Chagas disease in the United States

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Garcia, Melissa N ^a   Hotez, Peter J ^a   Murray, Kristy O ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Hunting; Transmission; Triatoma; Trypanosoma cruzi; United States; Wildlife reservoirs

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BADGER; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; COYOTE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RACCOON; SEROPREVALENCE; SKUNK; SLEEP; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; TRIATOMA; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; TRIATOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922281053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-311     Document Type: Article

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