Domestic triatomines (Reduviidae) and insect trypanosome infections in El Salvador, C.A.
Twenty-five Salvadoran communities have been surveyed to learn more about the distribution of Chagas' disease vectors and trypanosome parasites in that country. The results indicate that each of several factors--local variations in housing construction, insecticide applications, geographic elevation, and the vector species involved--can have a critical effect on transmission of the disease agent.
D000531:Altitude; D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D003634:DDT; D004544:El Salvador; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D001074:Propoxur; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000469:parasitology; D014225:Triatominae / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification
D001074:Propoxur; D003634:DDT