Control of rural house infestation by Triatoma infestans in the Bolivian Chaco using a microencapsulated insecticide formulation
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- 作者：David Eladio Gorla ; Roberto Vargas Ortiz ; Silvia Susana Catalá
- 关键词：Chagas disease ; Triatoma infestans ; Vector control ; Chaco region ; Microencapsulated formulation
- 刊名：Parasites & Vectors
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：8
- 期：1
- 全文大小：640 KB
- 刊物主题：Parasitology; Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine; Entomology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1756-3305
文摘
Background Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Trypanosoma cruzi (causative agent of Chagas disease) has been successfully eliminated over much of its original geographic distribution over the southern cone countries of South America. However, populations of the species are still infesting houses of rural communities of the Gran Chaco region of Argentina and Bolivia. This study reports for the first time a large-scale effect of a vector control intervention using a microencapsulated formulation of organophosphates and insect growth regulator on house infestation by T. infestans, in the southwestern region of Santa Cruz de la Sierra Department, within the Bolivian chaco.