A country bug in the city: Urban infestation by the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Arequipa, Peru

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Delgado, Stephen ^a   Ernst, Kacey C ^a   Pumahuanca, María Luz H ^b   Yool, Stephen R ^a   Comrie, Andrew C ^a   Sterling, Charles R ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^b,c   Náquira, César ^b   Levy, Michael Z ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Multilevel logistic regression; Spatial analysis; Triatoma infestans; Urban infestation; Vector control

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AREQUIPA [PERU]; PERU;

HEXAPODA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; HUMAN; PERU; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PERU; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRIATOMA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84886449060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-48     Document Type: Article

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