Improving access to Chagas disease diagnosis and etiologic treatment in remote rural communities of the Argentine Chaco through strengthened primary health care and broad social participation.
BACKGROUND:Rural populations in the Gran Chaco region have large prevalence rates of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and very limited access to diagnosis and treatment. We implemented an innovative strategy to bridge these gaps in 13 rural villages of Pampa del Indio held under sustained vector surveill...
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Main Authors: | Paula Sartor (Author), Ivana Colaianni (Author), M Victoria Cardinal (Author), Jacqueline Bua (Author), Héctor Freilij (Author), Ricardo E Gürtler (Author) |
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2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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