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SUBMITTER: Browne AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5387921 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Browne Annie J AJ Guerra Carlos A CA Alves Renato Vieira RV da Costa Veruska Maia VM Wilson Anne L AL Pigott David M DM Hay Simon I SI Lindsay Steve W SW Golding Nick N Moyes Catherine L CL
Scientific data 20170411
Chagas is a potentially fatal chronic disease affecting large numbers of people across the Americas and exported throughout the world through human population movement. It is caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, which is transmitted by triatomine vectors to humans and a wide range of alternative host species. The database described here was compiled to allow the risk of vectorial transmission to humans to be mapped using geospatial models. The database collates all available records, publis ...[more]