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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HOUSEHOLD TRIATOMINE DENSITY AND INCIDENCE OF TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI INFECTION DURING A NINE-YEAR STUDY IN CASTRO ALVES, BAHIA, BRAZIL
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Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Federal University of Bahia. Medical School. Department of Preventive Medicine. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Federal University of Bahia. Medical School. Department of Preventive Medicine. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract
We studied the association between human incidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection abd household infestation density of Panstrongylus megistus in Castro Alves, Bahia, Brazil. During a 9-year period, 19 persons seroconverted; 17 were children, 17 lived in nonplastered houses, and 13 lived in houses infested with triatomines.
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