title: The effect of plastering in a house persistently infested with Triatoma infestans (Klug) 1934.
abstract: The replastering of a house in Mambai-Goias, Brazil, as a measure to wall-in Triatoma infestans, is briefly described. Unfortunately, because the houseowner would not cooperate the roof tiles were not improved and eventually T. infestans reappeared at this site. A brief discussion follows of some aspects of house improvement in the vigilance phase of a Chagas Disease Control Programme. T. infestans appeared in the house described 51 and 258 days after the replastering.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: García-Zapata
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Marsden
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D007306:Insecticides; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins; D014224:Triatoma / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D007306:Insecticides; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins; C017180:decamethrin