Experimental control of Triatoma infestans in poor rural villages of Bolivia through community participation | Zendy

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Experimental control of Triatoma infestans in poor rural villages of Bolivia through community participation

Author(s) -

Frédéric Lardeux,

Stéphanie Depickère,

Claudia Aliaga,

Tamara Chávez,

Lilian Zambrana

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1878-3503

pISSN - 0035-9203

DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/tru205

Subject(s) - triatoma infestans , infestation , triatoma , vector (molecular biology) , triatominae , environmental health , rural area , transmission (telecommunications) , socioeconomics , geography , toxicology , veterinary medicine , environmental protection , biology , ecology , medicine , agronomy , heteroptera , reduviidae , trypanosoma cruzi , engineering , parasite hosting , biochemistry , electrical engineering , pathology , sociology , world wide web , computer science , gene , recombinant dna

Triatoma infestans is the main vector of Chagas disease in the southern cone countries. Present control strategies based on indoor and outdoor residual insecticide spraying are not sufficient to control disease transmission, particularly in Bolivia. Techniques based on the management of the human environment may be good alternatives or supplements.

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