Chagas disease in Australia and New Zealand: risks and needs for public health interventions

Jackson, Yves-Laurent Julien; Pinto, Angie; Pett, Sarah

doi:10.1111/tmi.12235

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English

Chagas disease in Australia and New Zealand: risks and needs for public health interventions

ContributorsJackson, Yves-Laurent Julien

; Pinto, Angie; Pett, Sarah

Published inTM & IH. Tropical medicine and international health, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 212-218

Publication date2014

Abstract

International migration has changed the global distribution of Chagas disease, with the emerging importance of non-endemic regions. We aimed at better documenting the Australia and New Zealand risk of Chagas disease and needs for interventions.

Keywords

Australia/epidemiology
Blood Donors
Chagas Disease/epidemiology
Emigration and Immigration
Health Policy
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
New Zealand/epidemiology
Public Health
Questionnaires
Risk
Transients and Migrants
Trypanosoma cruzi

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

Research groups

Groupe Jean-Michel Gaspoz (23)

Citation (ISO format)

JACKSON, Yves-Laurent Julien, PINTO, Angie, PETT, Sarah. Chagas disease in Australia and New Zealand: risks and needs for public health interventions. In: TM & IH. Tropical medicine and international health, 2014, vol. 19, n° 2, p. 212–218. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12235

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:76758
DOI : 10.1111/tmi.12235
PMID : 24299280

Journal ISSN1360-2276

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Chagas disease in Australia and New Zealand: risks and needs for public health interventions

International migration has changed the global distribution of Chagas disease, with the emerging importance of non-endemic regions. We aimed at better documenting the Australia and New Zealand risk of Chagas disease and needs for interventions.

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