Chagas Disease in Ecuador: Evidence for Disease Transmission in an Indigenous Population in the Amazon Region

Chagas Disease in Ecuador: Evidence for Disease Transmission in an Indigenous Population in the Amazon Region

Two well-defined synthetic peptides TcD and PEP2 were used in a sero-epidemiological study for the detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infections in an indigenous group in the Amazon region of Ecuador. Of the 18 communities studied along the Río Napo, province of Napo, 15 (83.3%) were found to be positiv...

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Main Authors: Chico H Martha, Sandoval Carlos, Guevara E Angel, Calvopiña H Manuel, Cooper Philip J, Reed Steve G, Guderian Ronald H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1997-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Ecuador
Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
Amerindian
Amazonia
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