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Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Didelphis virginiana in Relation to Population Parameters and Variables Associated with Presence in Rural Community Dwellings in Yucatan, Mexico

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Acknowledgments

We thank the project PROMEP 103.5/09/1258 (Red Epidemiológica de Enfermedades Zoonóticas y transmitidas por Vector de Importancia en Salud Pública) for funding. Grateful thanks also go to María José Baeza, Verónica Aranda and Alan Cuxim for field and laboratory support, and to the population of the town of Molas allowing access to their homes.

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  1. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, km 15.5 carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil. Apdo. Postal 4-116 Itzimná, Mérida, Yucatán, México

    Julián Parada-López, Silvia F. Hernández-Betancourt & Jesús A. Panti-May

  2. Laboratorio de Zoonosis y otras ETV’s, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Av. Itzáes #490 × 59, Col. Centro, C.P. 97000, Mérida, Yucatán, México

    Hugo A. Ruiz-Piña & Francisco J. Escobedo-Ortegón

  3. Facultad de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Periférico Norte Tablaje 13615 A.P. 172, C.P. 97119, Mérida, Yucatán, México

    Salvador Medina-Peralta

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Parada-López, J., Hernández-Betancourt, S.F., Ruiz-Piña, H.A. et al. Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Didelphis virginiana in Relation to Population Parameters and Variables Associated with Presence in Rural Community Dwellings in Yucatan, Mexico. EcoHealth 10, 31–35 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-013-0819-5

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