Effects of partial housing improvement and insecticide spraying on the reinfestation dynamics of Triatoma infestans in rural northwestern Argentina

Acta Tropica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-116

  Cecere, M C ^a   Gurtler R E ^a   Canale, D M ^b   Chuit, R ^c   Cohen, J E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b National Chagas Service   (Argentina)

^c ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Control; Environmental management; Insecticide; Surveillance; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

INSECTICIDE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; INFECTION RATE; INFESTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PYRETHRINS; TRIATOMA;

TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036848463     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00183-3     Document Type: Article

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