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    Chagas disease in an area of recent occupation in Cochabamba, Bolivia
    (University of São Paulo, 1999) Hugo Albarracin-Veizaga; Maria Esther de Carvalho; Elvira Maria Mendes do Nascimento; Vera Rodrigues; Cláudio Casanova; José Maria Soares Barata
    The elements for the vector transmission of Chagas disease are present in Avaroa/Primer de Mayo and the ancient custom of keeping guinea pigs indoors adds to the risk of human infection. In neighboring Cochabamba, due to substandard quality control, contaminated blood transfusions are not infrequent, which further aggravates the spread of Chagas disease. Prompt action to check the transmission of this infection, involving additionally the congenital and transfusional modes of acquisition, is required.