Economic evaluation of Chagas disease screening of pregnant Latin American women and of their infants in a non endemic area.

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Published in Acta Trop on March 15, 2011

Authors

Elisa Sicuri1, José Muñoz, Maria Jesús Pinazo, Elizabeth Posada, Joan Sanchez, Pedro L Alonso, Joaquim Gascon

Author Affiliations

1: Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, CRESIB, Hospital Clinic-Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. elisa.sicuri@cresib.cat

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