Towards Chagas disease elimination: Neonatal screening for congenital transmission in rural communities.

• Main Authors: Pamela Marie Pennington (Author), José Guillermo Juárez (Author), Margarita Rivera Arrivillaga (Author), Sandra María De Urioste-Stone (Author), Katherine Doktor (Author), Joe P Bryan (Author), Clara Yaseli Escobar (Author), Celia Cordón-Rosales (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease that continues to affect populations living in extreme poverty in Latin America. After successful vector control programs, congenital transmission remains as a challenge to disease elimination. We used the PRECEDE-PROCEED planning model to develop strat...