The contemporary distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in humans, alternative hosts and vectors
Year: 2017
Type: data-paper
Abstract: 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, published since 2003, for prevalence and occurrence of infection in humans, vectors and alternative hosts, and links each record to a defined time and location. A total of 16,802 records of infection have been extracted from the published literature and unpublished sources. The resulting database can be used to improve our understanding of the geographic variation in vector infection prevalence and to estimate the risk of vectorial transmission of T. cruzi to humans.
Source: Scientific Data
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,345
Awards: Durham University - to maximize and sustain the impact of existing control tools and strategies against malaria and other vector borne diseases, including dengue, leis..., University of Washington Foundation - to develop a platform that will iteratively and continually model the spatial distributions of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax), dengue..., Defining the population at risk and burden of disease of Plasmodium vivax malaria.
OpenAlex ID: W2607019905