Sylvatic foci of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Chile: description of a new focus and challenges for control programs

Sylvatic foci of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Chile: description of a new focus and challenges for control programs

Triatoma infestans is one of the main domestic vectors of Chagas disease. Reports of wild habitat occurrences have recently increased. In Chile, after a successful elimination campaign of T. infestans domestic infestation, a sylvatic focus was reported in bromeliads in the metropolitan region. Here,...

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Main Authors: Antonella Bacigalupo, Fernando Torres-Pérez, Verónica Segovia, Alejandro García, Juana P Correa, Lucila Moreno, Patricio Arroyo, Pedro E Cattan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2010-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Triatoma infestans
triatominae
Trypanosoma cruzi
Sylvatic Chagas disease vectors
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