A field trial of alternative targeted screening strategies for Chagas disease in Arequipa, Peru.

• Autors principals: Gabrielle C Hunter (Autor), Katty Borrini-Mayorí (Autor), Jenny Ancca Juárez (Autor), Ricardo Castillo Neyra (Autor), Manuela R Verastegui (Autor), Fernando S Malaga Chavez (Autor), Juan Geny Cornejo del Carpio (Autor), Eleazar Córdova Benzaquen (Autor), César Náquira (Autor), Robert H Gilman (Autor), Caryn Bern (Autor), Michael Z Levy (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Chagas disease is endemic in the rural areas of southern Peru and a growing urban problem in the regional capital of Arequipa, population ∼860,000. It is unclear how to implement cost-effective screening programs across a large urban and periurban environment.We compared four alternative screening s...