Publications
| long-term effects of a nationwide control program on the seropositivity for trypanosoma cruzi infection in young men from argentina. | unselected nationwide cohorts of argentine men 18 years of age summoned for military service were tested for antibodies to trypanosoma cruzi each year from 1981 to 1993. after an initial screening using indirect hemagglutination test, the positive sera were retested by titrated indirect hemagglutination and immunofluorescence antibody tests at 39 laboratories or at the national reference center in buenos aires. nearly 1.8 million men were examined for t. cruzi antibodies using the same standardi ... | 2000 | 11037777 |
| triatoma infestans in greater buenos aires, argentina. | the health administration agencies of many municipalities in greater buenos aires (gba) receive frequent reports on triatomines in houses. the aim of this work was to identify and describe the dispersal foci of triatoma infestans in an urban neighborhood of gba, and contribute to the knowledge of the epidemiological situation in the region. in june 1998, potentially infested places were entomologically evaluated. t. infestans was only detected in a hen building for egg production, which housed a ... | 2001 | 11391418 |