Epidemiological, social, and control determinants of Chagas disease in Central America and Mexico--group discussion.

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz

Laboratorio de Zoonosis, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.

Published: October 2007

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