Chagas' disease: An emergent urban zoonosis. The Caracas Valley (Venezuela) as an epidemiological model

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Urdaneta Morales, Servio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

CaracasValley (Venezuela); Chagas' disease; Emerging urban zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005811309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00265     Document Type: Review

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