American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) and the role of molecular epidemiology in guiding control strategies.

Michael A Miles

; M Dora Feliciangeli; Antonieta Rojas de Arias; (2003) American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) and the role of molecular epidemiology in guiding control strategies. BMJ (Clinical research ed), 326 (7404). pp. 1444-1448. ISSN 0959-8138 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7404.1444

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Chagas' disease is a parasitic infection that has far reaching consequences for public health and national economies in Latin America. The latest molecular typing methods may help in developing targeted, effective control programmes

Item Type	Article
Keywords	Animal, Chagas Disease/epidemiology/prevention & control/transmission, DNA, Protozoan/analysis, Disease Vectors, Forecasting, Human, Insect Control, Insect Vectors, Parasitology/methods, Species Specificity, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Triatominae/classification/genetics, Trypanosoma cruzi/*genetics, Animal, Chagas Disease, epidemiology, prevention & control, transmission, DNA, Protozoan, analysis, Disease Vectors, Forecasting, Human, Insect Control, Insect Vectors, Parasitology, methods, Species Specificity, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Triatominae, classification, genetics, Trypanosoma cruzi, genetics
ISI	183931800021