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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652019005000224&lng=en&tlng=en |
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