The impact of Chagas disease control in Latin America: a review

Discovered in 1909, Chagas disease was progressively shown to be widespread throughout Latin America, affecting millions of rural people with a high impact on morbidity and mortality. With no vaccine or specific treatment available for large-scale public health interventions, the main control strate...

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Main Authors: JCP Dias, AC Silveira, CJ Schofield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2002-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000500002