Tele-entomology and tele-parasitology: A citizen science-based approach for surveillance and control of Chagas disease in Venezuela

Tele-entomology and tele-parasitology: A citizen science-based approach for surveillance and control of Chagas disease in Venezuela

Chagas Disease (CD), a chronic infection caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, is a Neglected Tropical Disease endemic to Latin America. With a re-emergence in Venezuela during the past two decades, the spread of CD has proved susceptible to, and inhibitable by a digital, real-time surveillance...

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Main Authors: Lourdes A. Delgado-Noguera, Carlos E. Hernández-Pereira, Juan David Ramírez, Carolina Hernández, Natalia Velasquez-Ortíz, José Clavijo, Jose Manuel Ayala, David Forero-Peña, Marilianna Marquez, Maria J. Suarez, Luis Traviezo-Valles, Maria Alejandra Escalona, Luis Perez-Garcia, Isis Mejias Carpio, Emilia M. Sordillo, Maria E. Grillet, Martin S. Llewellyn, Juan C. Gabaldón, Alberto E. Paniz Mondolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Subjects:
Venezuela
Telemedicine
Vector
Chagas
GIS
Citizen science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240567312200037X

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