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Mortality due to Chagas disease in Brazil from 1979 to 2009: trends and regional differences
Author(s) -
Francisco Rogerlândio MartinsMelo,
Alberto Novaes Ramos,
Carlos Henrique Alencar,
Jörg Heukelbach
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2459
Subject(s) - chagas disease , mortality rate , demography , triatoma infestans , medicine , public health , epidemiology , christian ministry , outbreak , environmental health , immunology , trypanosoma cruzi , surgery , virology , pathology , parasite hosting , philosophy , theology , sociology , world wide web , computer science
Studies on mortality due to parasitic diseases such as Chagas disease are useful to understand the epidemiology and to plan and guide control measures for these diseases. We analyzed mortality trends due to Chagas disease in Brazil and regions, between 1979 and 2009.

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