Chagas disease: national survey of seroprevalence in children under five years of age conducted in 2008

BACKGROUND Since the early 1990s, programs to control Chagas disease in South America have focused on eradicating domiciliary Triatoma infestans, the main vector. Seroprevalence studies of the chagasic infection are included as part of the vector control programs; they are essential to assess the i...

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Main Authors: Graciela Russomando, Blanca Cousiño, Zunilda Sanchez, Laura X Franco, Eva M Nara, Lilian Chena, Magaly Martínez, María E Galeano, Lucio Benitez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762017005005102&lng=en&tlng=en