Combining Public Health Education and Disease Ecology Research: Using Citizen Science to Assess Chagas Disease Entomological Risk in Texas.

• Main Authors: Rachel Curtis-Robles (Author), Edward J Wozniak (Author), Lisa D Auckland (Author), Gabriel L Hamer (Author), Sarah A Hamer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Chagas disease is a zoonotic parasitic disease well-documented throughout the Americas and transmitted primarily by triatomine 'kissing bug' vectors. In acknowledgment of the successful history of vector control programs based on community participation across Latin America, we...