Triatomine dispersion rates and their association with socioeconomic and environmental conditions in Northeastern Brazil, from 2009 to 2013

Triatomine dispersion rates and their association with socioeconomic and environmental conditions in Northeastern Brazil, from 2009 to 2013

ABSTRACT Triatomines are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi , the etiological agent of Chagas disease, which affects between 6 and 12 million people in Latin America, with an incidence rate of 12 thousand cases per year. In the Ceara State, the predominance of the caatinga biome, coupled with a large rura...

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Main Authors: Thiago Bernardo-Pedro, Danielle Misael de Sousa, Simone Patrícia Carneiro de Freitas, Assilon Lindoval Carneiro de Freitas, Jacenir Reis dos Santos-Mallet, Wagner de Souza Tassinari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Triatominae
Socioeconomic factors
Public health
Spatial analysis
Bayesian analysis
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