Real-time Control of Re-emerging Chagas Disease Vectors in Arequipa, Peru

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Michael Levy

School Affiliation: Perelman School of Medicine
Country or Region Engaged: Peru
Fund: Global Engagement Fund
Year Awarded: 2011-12
Expertise: Healthcare, Public Health
This grant furthered The University of Pennsylvania’s established, long-standing global health partnership with the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), the premiere research and teaching university in Peru. The collaboration includes a large project on the control of Chagas disease in Southern Peru. Chagas disease is one of the principal infectious causes of morbidity and mortality in the Americas.