Integrate Study of a Bolivian Population Infected by Trypanosoma cruzi, the Agent of Chagas Disease

A cross section of a human population (501 individuals) selected at random, and living in a Bolivian community, highly endemic for Chagas disease, was investigated combining together clinical, parasitological and molecular approaches. Conventional serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) indicat...

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Main Authors: Simone Frédérique Brenière, Marie France Bosseno, François Noireau, Nina Yacsik, Pascale Liegeard, Christine Aznar, Mireille Hontebeyrie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2002-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000300002