Epidemiological investigation of an acute case of Chagas disease in an area of active transmission in Peruvian Amazon region Investigação epidemiológica de caso agudo da doença de Chagas em área de transmissão ativa na região da Amazônia peruana

The study objective was to investigate an acute case of Chagas disease in the San Pedro de Shishita community, Pebas District, in the Peruvian Amazon basin, a non-endemic area. Both parents of the index case (acute case) were thoroughly interviewed, a seroepidemiological survey was carried out in th...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Rufino Cabrera, Silvia Vega, Abraham G. Cáceres, César Ramal A., Carlos Álvarez, Pedro Ladera, Raul Pinedo, Gladys Chuquipiondo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2010
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Seroepidemiologic studies
Triatominae
Amazonian Ecosystem
Peru
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Aguda
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652010000500009
https://doaj.org/article/f2603f3520554cdeb88d70893831b9c1

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