Effects of atmospheric oscillations on infectious diseases: the case of Chagas disease in Chile

BACKGROUND Currently, there is an increasing global interest for the study of how infectious diseases could be linked to climate and weather variability. The Chagas disease was described in 1909 by Carlos Chagas, and is caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. The Chagas disease is con...

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Main Authors: José C Báez, Jesús Olivero, Lorena E Salazar-Aravena, Iván C Suazo-Galdames
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
SOI
AAO
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762019000100329&lng=en&tlng=en