Usefulness of serology for the evaluation of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in endemic areas of Chagas' disease

• Main Authors: Roberto Chuit, Elisabet Subias, Analia C. Pérez, Irene Paulone, Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli, Elsa L. Segura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1989
• Subjects: Transmissão de T. cruzi; Prevenção e controle; Estudo de campo; Sorodiagnóstico; T. cruzi transmission; Prevention and control; Field study; Serodiagnosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Sob’; Dedo
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/64182e1a4efb4a61ae513a8f3a309b96

Thirteen communities from 7 Argentinian provinces were selected for the evaluation of serology as an indicator of transmission of Chagas disease. Of the communities appraised, 6 did not have a history of previous treatment with insecticides and 7 had received sporadic or continuous insecticide treat...