Human Trypanosoma cruzi infection is driven by eco-social interactions in rural communities of the Argentine Chaco.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Maria Del Pilar Fernández, Maria Sol Gaspe, Paula Sartor, Ricardo E Gürtler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Argentine; Chaco
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007430; https://doaj.org/article/b1812440f4654cf6a4a2f229c1f2b09c

The transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi to humans is determined by multiple ecological, socio-economic and cultural factors acting at different scales. Their effects on human infection with T. cruzi have often been examined separately or using a limited set of ecological and socio-demographic variable...