Assessing the risk zones of Chagas' disease in Chile, in a world marked by global climatic change

BACKGROUND Vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi appears to be interrupted in Chile; however, data show increasing incidence of Chagas' disease, raising concerns that there may be a reemerging problem. OBJECTIVE To estimate the actual risk in a changing world it is necessary to consider the...

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Main Authors: Valentina Tapia-Garay, Daniela P Figueroa, Ana Maldonado, Daniel Frías-Laserre, Christian R Gonzalez, Alonso Parra, Lucia Canals, Werner Apt, Sergio Alvarado, Dante Cáceres, Mauricio Canals
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762018000100024&lng=en&tlng=en