[Endemic level of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the areas of maternal residence and the development of congenital Chagas disease in Bolivia].

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Published in Rev Soc Bras Med Trop on January 01, 2005

Authors

Faustino Torrico1, Cristina Alonso-Vega, Eduardo Suarez, Patricia Rodríguez, Mary-Cruz Torrico, Michele Dramaix, Carine Truyens, Yves Carlier

Author Affiliations

1: Centro Universitario de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón (U.M.S.S.), Avenida Aniceto Arce 371, casilla 3023, Cochabamba, Bolivia. foxtorrico@yahoo.com

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