Chagas disease in the Amazon Region

Chagas disease in the Amazon Region

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The risk that Chagas disease becomes established as a major endemic threat in Amazonia (the world's largest tropical biome, today inhabited by over 30 million people) relates to a complex set of interacting biological and social determinants. These include intense immigration from endemic areas...

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Main Authors: Hugo Marcelo Aguilar, Fernando Abad-Franch, João Carlos Pinto Dias, Angela Cristina Veríssimo Junqueira, José Rodrigues Coura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
epidemiology
surveillance
Amazonia
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