Spatial heterogeneity and risk maps of community infestation by Triatoma infestans in rural northwestern Argentina.

Fifty years of residual insecticide spraying to control Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco region of northern Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia shows that vertically coordinated interventions aiming at full coverage have limited effects and are unsustainable. We quantified the spatial distribution o...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec, Cynthia Spillmann, Mario Zaidenberg, Ricardo E Gürtler, Uriel Kitron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3419179?pdf=render