title: [Assessment of an entomological surveillance system for Chagas disease with community participation in Mambaí and Buritinópolis, State of Goiás].
abstract: Entomological surveillance of Chagas disease in Mambaí and Buritinópolis, in the State of Goiás, Brazil, has been kept up through the local population's participation, consisting of reporting the presence of vectors inside their homes. A long time has elapsed since instituting these control measures and it has now been certified that vector transmission has been halted. Thus, this study sought to evaluate the population's knowledge and practices in this situation. The results show that there has been progressive indifference towards the topic of 'Chagas disease', which can be attributed to the reduction in the magnitude of the problem that this disease represented, little participation in surveillance among schools, low epidemiological importance of secondary and native vectors and, consequently, limited control interventions from health services in response to notifications. It is proposed that direct search activities by means of sampling should be carried out periodically, and that there should be greater involvement among teaching institutions.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF.
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: Dilermando Fazito
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: de Rezende
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nogales
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cortez-Escalante
authors.forename: Cleudson
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Vanize
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Macêdo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003256:Community Participation; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult