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. 2009 Apr 14:338:b1283.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1283.

Eliminating Chagas disease: challenges and a roadmap

Richard Reithinger  1 , Rick L Tarleton, Julio A Urbina, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E Gürtler
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Eliminating Chagas disease: challenges and a roadmap

Richard Reithinger et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Millions of people in Central and Southern America are affected by Chagas disease. Richard Reithinger and colleagues explain the difficulties of elimination and suggest a strategy

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Chagas disease is endemic in all Latin American countries. Brown shading shows the main areas where vector borne transmission of T cruzi to humans occurs
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