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An Ecosystem Approach for the Prevention of Chagas Disease in Rural Guatemala

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In Latin America, more than 10 million people carry a parasite that puts them at risk of developing Chagas disease. This chronic and debilitating illness is caused by a microscopic blood parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the village investigators Belter Alcántara, Oscar Villanueva, Ranferi Trampe and Leonicio Revolorio (ETV), and the villagers of La Brea, El Tule, La Perla, and El Sillon for their participation. IDRC support was provided through projects 101812 and 103696-005.

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  1. Laboratorio de Entomología Aplicada y Parasitología (LENAP), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), Guatemala City, Guatemala

    Carlota Monroy, Xochitl Castro, Dulce Maria Bustamante, Antonieta Rodas & Barbara Moguel

  2. Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

    Sandy Steffany Pineda

  3. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), Guatemala City, Guatemala

    Virgilio Ayala & Javier Quiñonez

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Monroy, C. et al. (2012). An Ecosystem Approach for the Prevention of Chagas Disease in Rural Guatemala. In: Charron, D. (eds) Ecohealth Research in Practice. Insight and Innovation in International Development, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0517-7_14

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