Can wild Triatoma infestans foci in Bolivia jeopardize Chagas disease control efforts?
The expected success of Chagas disease control programs in the Southern Cone countries relied on the assumption that Triatoma infestans, the main domestic vector, did not maintain silvatic foci except in the Cochabamba valley in Bolivia. Recent fieldwork revealed that wild populations of this vector are much more widespread throughout Bolivia than previously thought. Therefore, it is important to find out whether these silvatic populations could jeopardize control efforts in Bolivia, and to investigate their possible occurrence in neighboring regions of Paraguay and Argentina.
Noireau
François
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Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brazil. noireauf@ioc.fiocruz.br
Cortez
Mirko G Rojas
MG
Monteiro
Fernando A
FA
Jansen
Ana Maria
AM
Torrico
Faustino
F
D000818:Animals; D001838:Bolivia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005843:Geography; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D007306:Insecticides; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D014224:Triatoma / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*
D007306:Insecticides