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Acute Chagas disease in El Salvador 2000-2012 - Need for surveillance and control |
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| Authors: | Emi Sasagawa Ana Vilma Guevara de Aguilar Marta Alicia Hernández de Ramírez José Eduardo Romero Chévez Jun Nakagawa Rafael Antonio Cedillos Kiyoshi Kita |
| Institution: | 1.Department of Biomedical Chemistry;4.Department of International Community Health, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;2.Unidad de Vigilancia Laboratorial, Ministerio de Salud, San Salvador, El Salvador;3.Unidad de Vigilancia de Enfermedades Vectorizadas, Ministerio de Salud, San Salvador, El Salvador;5.Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | acute Chagas disease El Salvador 2000-2012 surveillance and control |