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\subsection{Maps of Mexico}  In 2004 the joint work of the \textit{Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”} (INC) and the \textit{Instituto de Biología de la UNAM } (IB) resulted in a Chagas disease database for Mexico \ref{chagmex}. Reviewing positive serology in blood banks and human reported cases per state, an epidemic risk map description was produced to geographically situate the disease. Based on this data, we defined the mexican epidemic area, selecting the states having the top 25\% prevalence rates nationwide.   As a first measure we'd like to visualize the vulnerable maps