Section outline

  • Lecture: Chagas disease and Article(s) review and discussion

    Faculty:  Caryn Bern

    Location:  Mission Hall 1109

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Bern C. Chagas' Disease. N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 5;373(19):1882. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1510996. File
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    • Gurtler RE. Sustainability of vector control strategies in the Gran Chaco Region: current challenges and possible approaches. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2009;104 Suppl 1:52-9. File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Clark EH, Sherbuk J, Okamoto E, et al. Hyperendemic Chagas disease and the unmet need for pacemakers in the Bolivian Chaco. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014;8:e2801. File
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    • Articles for Student Seminar:  Mathematical Modeling to Access Impact of Chagas Vector Control Programs

    • Samuels AM, Clark EH, Galdos-Cardenas G, et al. Epidemiology of and impact of insecticide spraying on Chagas disease in communities in the Bolivian Chaco. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013;7:e2358. File
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    • Delgado S, Castillo Neyra R, Quispe Machaca VR, et al. A history of chagas disease transmission, control, and re-emergence in peri-rural La Joya, Peru. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011;5:e970. File
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