[Chagas' disease in the Amazon: an overview of the current situation and perspectives for prevention].
American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) due to Trypanosoma cruzi in the Amazon Region has become a target of scientific preoccupation in recent years because of the wide dispersion of infected vectors and intensive human migration into the region. An European Community and Latin America Triatominae Network international workshop held in July 2002 analyzed the general situation and the perspectives of human Chagas' disease in the area, concluding that although its occurrence remains sporadic, there is strong potential for the disease to spread, and a requirement for an integrated surveillance effort to be shared by all countries of the region.
Dias
João Carlos Pinto
JC
Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. jcdias@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
Prata
Aluízio
A
Schofield
Christopher John
CJ
D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D014225:Triatominae / Q000145:classification