Chagas disease in a domestic transmission cycle in Southern Texas, USA - Dispatches

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jan, 2003 by Charles B. Beard, Greg Pye, Frank J. Steurer, Ray Rodriguez, Richard Campman, A. Townsend Peterson, Janine Ramsey, Robert A. Wirtz, Laura E. Robinson

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Address for correspondence: C. Ben Beard, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases, 4770 Buford Highway, Chamblee, GA 30341-3724, USA; fax: 770-488-4258; e-mail: cbeard@cdc.gov

Charles B. Beard, * Greg Pye, ([dagger]) Frank J. Steurer, * Ray Rodriguez, ([double dagger]) Richard Campman, ([dagger]) A. Townsend Peterson, ([section]) Janine Ramsey, ([paragraph]) Robert A. Wirtz, * and Laura E. Robinson ([dagger])

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ([dagger]) Texas Department of Health, Harlingen, Texas, USA; ([double dagger]) Cameron County Health Department, San Benito, Texas, USA; Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA; ([paragraph]) Centro de Investigaciones sobre Enfermeclades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Dr. Beard is chief of the Vector Genetics Section in the Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His research focuses on the molecular biology of insect disease vectors and the molecular epidemiology of Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected persons.