Trypanosoma cruzi: Time for International Recognition as a Foodborne Parasite

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Robertson, Lucy J ^a   Devleesschauwer, Brecht ^b,c   Alarcón de Noya, Belkisyolé ^d   Noya González, Oscar ^d,e   Torgerson, Paul R ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^e Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel   (Venezuela)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CARRIER; ERATYRUS MUCRONATUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOODBORNE PARASITE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOUTH INFECTION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRIATOMINAE; TROPICAL DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; COLD; COOKING; ECONOMICS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS;

CHAGAS DISEASE; COLD TEMPERATURE; COOKING; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; FOOD STORAGE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84979021690     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004656     Document Type: Article

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