Correlation between infection rate of triatominies and Chagas Disease in Southwest of Bahia, Brazil: a warning sign?

ABSTRACT Chagas disease, caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi, has a wide distribution in South America, and its main method of control is the elimination of triatomines. It is presented here the geographic distribution and the rate of natural infection by T. cruzi of triatomines collected and evaluated...

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Main Authors: ELIEZER A. DA SILVEIRA, ISRAEL S. RIBEIRO, MIGUEL S. AMORIM, DALVA V. ROCHA, HELDER S. COUTINHO, LEANDRO M. DE FREITAS, LAIZE TOMAZI, ROBSON A.A. DA SILVA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2016-01-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016005009107&lng=en&tlng=en