A model for Chagas disease with oral and congenital transmission.

This work presents a new mathematical model for the domestic transmission of Chagas disease, a parasitic disease affecting humans and other mammals throughout Central and South America. The model takes into account congenital transmission in both humans and domestic mammals as well as oral transmiss...

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Main Authors: Daniel J Coffield, Anna Maria Spagnuolo, Meir Shillor, Ensela Mema, Bruce Pell, Amanda Pruzinsky, Alexandra Zetye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3696119?pdf=render