"We have already heard that the treatment doesn't do anything, so why should we take it?": A mixed method perspective on Chagas disease knowledge, attitudes, prevention, and treatment behaviour in the Bolivian Chaco.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Sandra Parisi, Miriam Navarro, Jeremy Douglas Du Plessis, Jonathan Phillip Shock, Boris Apodaca Michel, Minerva Lucuy Espinoza, Carolina Terán, Nino Antonio Calizaya Tapia, Katharina Oltmanns, Abundio Baptista Mora, Claudia Saveedra Irala, Angel Alberto Rivera Rojas, Gonzalo Rubilar, Thomas Zoller, Michael Pritsch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Chaco
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008752; https://doaj.org/article/d27d43c62fba413f9f7f0d83d1cb1946

Background Chagas disease (CD) is highly endemic in the Bolivian Chaco. The municipality of Monteagudo has been targeted by national interventions as well as by Médecins Sans Frontières to reduce infection rates, and to decentralize early diagnosis and treatment. This study seeks to determine the kn...