Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery

Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery

Chagas disease originated millions of years ago as an enzootic infection of wild animals and began to be transmitted to humans as an anthropozoonosis when man invaded wild ecotopes. While evidence of human infection has been found in mummies up to 9,000 years old, endemic Chagas disease became estab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: José Rodrigues Coura, João Carlos Pinto Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2009-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Chagas disease
epidemiology
control and surveillance
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000900006

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