Prevalence and Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in People of Rural Communities of the High Jungle of Northern Peru.

• Main Authors: Karen A Alroy (Author), Christine Huang (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Victor R Quispe-Machaca (Author), Morgan A Marks (Author), Jenny Ancca-Juarez (Author), Miranda Hillyard (Author), Manuela Verastegui (Author), Gerardo Sanchez (Author), Lilia Cabrera (Author), Elisa Vidal (Author), Erica M W Billig (Author), Vitaliano A Cama (Author), César Náquira (Author), Caryn Bern (Author), Michael Z Levy (Author), Working Group on Chagas Disease in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is seen exclusively in the Americas where an estimated 8 million people are infected with the parasite. Significant research in southern Peru has been conducted to understand T. cruzi infection and vector control, however, much less is known...