Seroprevalence and sociocultural conditionants of Chagas disease in school aged children of marginal zones of Asunción

Chagas disease is becoming a public health problem in Latin America due to the wide distribution, the high prevalence, the magnitude of the damage caused and the difficulties to control it. In Paraguay, the disease is mainly distributed in the departments of Paraguari, Cordillera and Central. Preval...

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Main Authors: Vera Ninfa I., Maldonado Marisel, Yaluff Gloria, Simancas Luis, Rojas de Arias Antonieta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1998-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821998000400003