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

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...

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Published in:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors: José C Báez, Jesús Olivero, Lorena E Salazar-Aravena, Iván C Suazo-Galdames
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Subjects:
atmospheric teleconnections
SOI
AAO
temporal predictions
Microbiology
QR1-502
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Antarctic
Soi
Antarc*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760180569
https://doaj.org/article/29c5e91ed141410bb548e044fd1ba8fa

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