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

• Main Authors: Báez, José CarlosC., Olivero, J., Salazar-Aravena, L.E., Suazo-Galdames, I.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga; Atmospheric teleconnections; SOI; AAO; temporal predictions; Antarctic; Soi; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/14585; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/312200

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 cons...