A global systematic review of Chagas disease prevalence among migrants

Acta Tropica

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-78

  Conners, Erin E ^a   Vinetz, Joseph M ^b   Weeks, John R ^c   Brouwer, Kimberly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Chagas disease; Immigration; Migration; Neglected tropical disease; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; RISK FACTOR;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ERADICATION; ECUADOR; EL SALVADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; JAPAN; LATIN AMERICAN; MEXICO; MIGRANT; NICARAGUA; PERU; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE;

LATIN AMERICA;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84961923791     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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