title: Acute Chagas disease in El Salvador 2000-2012 - need for surveillance and control.
abstract: Several parasitological studies carried out in El Salvador between 2000-2012 showed a higher frequency of acute cases of Chagas disease than that in other Central American countries. There is an urgent need for improved Chagas disease surveillance and vector control programs in the provinces where acute Chagas disease occurs and throughout El Salvador as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Chemistry, School of International Health,, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Emi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sasagawa
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Vigilancia Laboratorial, Ministerio de Salud, San Salvador, El Salvador.
authors.forename: Ana Vilma Guevara de
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Vigilancia Laboratorial, Ministerio de Salud, San Salvador, El Salvador.
authors.forename: Marta Alicia Hernández de
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Vigilancia de Enfermedades Vectorizadas, Ministerio de Salud, San Salvador, El Salvador.
authors.forename: José Eduardo Romero
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Chévez
authors.affiliation: Department of International Community Health, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.affiliation: Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador.
authors.forename: Rafael Antonio
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cedillos
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Chemistry, School of International Health,, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004544:El Salvador / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007300:Insect Control; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D055815:Young Adult