Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina.
This study was performed in an urban neighborhood of the capital city of the province of San Juan, Argentina. Erected as a housing complex, the place consists of 768 flats distributed in buildings of three and seven floors each. A survey was carried out in 33% of the dwellings, enquiring about the number of Triatoma infestans found indoors, stage of the bug development-nymph or adult- and how these insects had entered their homes. Adult T.infestans were found on all floors; 163 people (64%) had found them at least once, and 130 (51%) several times. Dispersal flight seems to have been the main mechanism of infestation by adult bugs in this area, and a total of 51% of the surveyed inhabitants reported that the insects had flown into their flats.
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Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina.
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D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D005426:Flight, Animal; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014224:Triatoma; D014505:Urban Population