Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans and other triatomines: Long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern Argentina

The prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans, Triatoma guasayana, and Triatoma sordida was evaluated in Amama and other neighboring rural villages in northwestern Argentina for five years after massive spraying with deltamethrin in 1992 and selective sprays thereafter. Local r...

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spelling paper:paper_10204989_v5_n6_p392_Cecere2023-06-08T15:59:56Z Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans and other triatomines: Long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern Argentina deltamethrin disease control health care infectious disease medical geography rural area Argentina article infection control infection prevention infection rate infection risk nonhuman prevalence protozoal infection Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi vector control Argentina The prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans, Triatoma guasayana, and Triatoma sordida was evaluated in Amama and other neighboring rural villages in northwestern Argentina for five years after massive spraying with deltamethrin in 1992 and selective sprays thereafter. Local residents and expert staff collected triatomines in domiciliary and peridomestic sites. During 1993-1997, the prevalence of T. cruzi was 2.4% in 664 T. infestans, 0.7% in 268 T. guasayana, and 0.2% in 832 T. sordida. T. cruzi infection was more frequently detected in adult bugs and in triatomines collected at domiciliary sites. The infected T. guasayana and T. sordida were nymphs and adults, respectively, captured at peridomestic sites. The prevalence of T. cruzi infection in T. infestans decreased from 7.7% to 1.5% during the surveillance period, although that change was not statistically significant. Comparison of T. infestans infection rates before the control program and during surveillance showed a highly significant decrease from 49% to 4.6% in bedrooms, as well as a fall from 6% to 1.8% in peridomestic sites. Because of its infection with T. cruzi and frequent invasion of domiciliary areas and attacks on humans and dogs, T. guasayana appeared implicated as a putative secondary vector of T. cruzi in domestic and peridomestic sites during the surveillance period. T. sordida was the most abundant species, but it was strongly associated with chickens and showed little tendency to invade bedrooms. 1999 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_10204989_v5_n6_p392_Cecere http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10204989_v5_n6_p392_Cecere
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topic deltamethrin
disease control
health care
infectious disease
medical geography
rural area
Argentina
article
infection control
infection prevention
infection rate
infection risk
nonhuman
prevalence
protozoal infection
Triatoma infestans
Trypanosoma cruzi
vector control
Argentina
spellingShingle deltamethrin
disease control
health care
infectious disease
medical geography
rural area
Argentina
article
infection control
infection prevention
infection rate
infection risk
nonhuman
prevalence
protozoal infection
Triatoma infestans
Trypanosoma cruzi
vector control
Argentina
Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans and other triatomines: Long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern Argentina
topic_facet deltamethrin
disease control
health care
infectious disease
medical geography
rural area
Argentina
article
infection control
infection prevention
infection rate
infection risk
nonhuman
prevalence
protozoal infection
Triatoma infestans
Trypanosoma cruzi
vector control
Argentina
description The prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans, Triatoma guasayana, and Triatoma sordida was evaluated in Amama and other neighboring rural villages in northwestern Argentina for five years after massive spraying with deltamethrin in 1992 and selective sprays thereafter. Local residents and expert staff collected triatomines in domiciliary and peridomestic sites. During 1993-1997, the prevalence of T. cruzi was 2.4% in 664 T. infestans, 0.7% in 268 T. guasayana, and 0.2% in 832 T. sordida. T. cruzi infection was more frequently detected in adult bugs and in triatomines collected at domiciliary sites. The infected T. guasayana and T. sordida were nymphs and adults, respectively, captured at peridomestic sites. The prevalence of T. cruzi infection in T. infestans decreased from 7.7% to 1.5% during the surveillance period, although that change was not statistically significant. Comparison of T. infestans infection rates before the control program and during surveillance showed a highly significant decrease from 49% to 4.6% in bedrooms, as well as a fall from 6% to 1.8% in peridomestic sites. Because of its infection with T. cruzi and frequent invasion of domiciliary areas and attacks on humans and dogs, T. guasayana appeared implicated as a putative secondary vector of T. cruzi in domestic and peridomestic sites during the surveillance period. T. sordida was the most abundant species, but it was strongly associated with chickens and showed little tendency to invade bedrooms.
title Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans and other triatomines: Long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern Argentina
title_short Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans and other triatomines: Long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern Argentina
title_full Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans and other triatomines: Long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern Argentina
title_fullStr Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans and other triatomines: Long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma infestans and other triatomines: Long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern Argentina
title_sort trypanosoma cruzi infection in triatoma infestans and other triatomines: long-term effects of a control program in rural northwestern argentina
publishDate 1999
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_10204989_v5_n6_p392_Cecere
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10204989_v5_n6_p392_Cecere
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