Indoor residual spraying practices against Triatoma infestans in the Bolivian Chaco: contributing factors to suboptimal insecticide delivery to treated households

Indoor residual spraying practices against Triatoma infestans in the Bolivian Chaco: contributing factors to suboptimal insecticide delivery to treated households

Abstract Background Indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticides is a key method to reduce vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, causing Chagas disease in a large part of South America. However, the successes of IRS in the Gran Chaco region straddling Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay, have not...

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Main Authors: Raquel Gonçalves, Rhiannon A. E. Logan, Hanafy M. Ismail, Mark J. I. Paine, Caryn Bern, Orin Courtenay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Triatoma infestans
Trypanosoma cruzi
Vector control
Diagnostic
Indoor residual spraying
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04831-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04831-1

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