Chagas disease: Importance of rats as reservoir hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909) in western Mexico

• Main Authors: Gumercindo G. Rosal (Author), Benjamín Nogueda-Torres (Author), María E. Villagrán (Author), José A. de Diego-Cabrera (Author), Oziel D. Montañez-Valdez (Author), José A. Martínez-Ibarra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Mexico, the role of most species of mammals involved in the transmission cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, 1909 is poorly known. It was carried out a study to investigate the importance of rats as reservoir of T. cruzi in western Mexico, an area with important risk of transmission of T. cruzi to...