The control of Chagas' disease transmission in Mambaí, Goiás-Brazil (1980-1981)

BHC application in Mambai in 1980 resulted in a significant decline but not elimination of domiciliated T. infestans. T. sordida peridomestic populations persist and could pose a threat to interupting human transmission of T. cruzi The results of one massive attack spray application alone was compar...

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Main Authors: Philip Davis Marsden, Domingos das Virgens, Cleudson Nery Castro, Ibiraci Pacífico Brasil, Raul Ferreira, Antonio Carlos Silveira, Carlos Alberto da Silveira Matos, Vanize Macedo, Aluizio Prata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1983-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821983000400004