High levels of human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi associated with the domestic density of infected vectors and hosts in a rural area of northeastern Argentina

High levels of human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi associated with the domestic density of infected vectors and hosts in a rural area of northeastern Argentina

Abstract Background Insecticide spraying campaigns designed to suppress the principal vectors of the Chagas disease usually lack an active surveillance system that copes with house reinvasion. Following an insecticide campaign with no subsequent surveillance over a 12-year period, we implemented a l...

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Main Authors: Marta Victoria Cardinal, Paula Andrea Sartor, María Sol Gaspe, Gustavo Fabián Enriquez, Ivana Colaianni, Ricardo Esteban Gürtler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Gran Chaco
Seroprevalence
Chagas disease
Triatoma infestans
Dogs
Cats
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-3069-0

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