title: [Infestation by triatomines in rural settlement and resettlement areas the Region of Pontal do Paranapanema, State of São Paulo].
abstract: This study had the aim of assessing the characteristics of triatomine infestation in human dwellings in rural settlement and resettlement areas with regard to the time when infestation began. We analyzed data relating to 48 triatomine surveys carried out in 105 settlement areas and six resettlement areas in the region of Pontal do Paranapanema between January 1984 and June 2005. Among the 16 surveys in settlement areas, seven (43.8%) had positive findings, all of them in communities established eight or more years previously. Among the 32 surveys in resettlement areas, 23 (71.9%) had positive findings, all of them in communities established for periods shorter than eight years. Since the inhabitants of such communities frequently move, the need for constant vigilance to detect any cases of infestation by vector triatomines in new settlements cannot be overemphasized.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Imunoepidemiologia, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias, São Paulo, SP. rubens@sucen.sp.gov.br
authors.forename: Rubens Antonio
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Susy Mary Perpétuo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Paulo Hiroshi
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Koyanagui
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poloni
authors.forename: Maria Esther
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia Cortiço Corrêa
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density; D012239:Rhodnius; D012424:Rural Population; D014224:Triatoma