Acute Chagas disease in El Salvador 2000-2012-Need for surveillance and control

作者：Sasagawa Emi^*; Vilma Guevara de Aguilar Ana; Alicia Hernandez de Ramirez Marta; Romero Chevez Jose Eduardo; Nakagawa Jun; Antonio Cedillos Rafael; Kita Kiyoshi

来源：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014, 109(2): 256-258.

DOI：10.1590/0074-0276140416

• acute Chagas disease
• El Salvador 2000-2012
• surveillance and control

Several parasitological studies carried out in El Salvador between 2000-2012 showed a higher frequency of acute cases of Chagas disease than that in other Central American countries. There is an urgent need for improved Chagas disease surveillance and vector control programs in the provinces where acute Chagas disease occurs and throughout El Salvador as a whole.

• 出版日期2014-4