Chagas disease in north-west Argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi

The association between household seroreactivity to Trypanosoma cruzi in dogs and children and T. cruzi infection rates in domestic Triatoma infestons was investigated in 1988-1989 in the rural community of Arnama, north-west Argentina, where house spraying with residual pyrethroids was carried out...

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Autores principales: Gürtler, R.E., Cécere, M.C., Rubel, D.N., Petersen, R.M., Schweigmann, N.J., Lauricella, M.A., Bujas, M.A., Segura, E.L., Wisnivesky-Colli, C.
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spelling todo:paper_00359203_v85_n6_p741_Gurtler2023-10-03T14:47:31Z Chagas disease in north-west Argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Gürtler, R.E. Cécere, M.C. Rubel, D.N. Petersen, R.M. Schweigmann, N.J. Lauricella, M.A. Bujas, M.A. Segura, E.L. Wisnivesky-Colli, C. argentina article chagas disease dog household infection rate prevalence priority journal risk factor serology triatoma infestans tropical medicine trypanosoma cruzi Adolescent Animal Argentina Chagas Disease Child Disease Reservoirs Dog Diseases Dogs Human Insect Vectors Prevalence Risk Factors Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Triatoma Canis familiaris Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma Trypanosoma cruzi The association between household seroreactivity to Trypanosoma cruzi in dogs and children and T. cruzi infection rates in domestic Triatoma infestons was investigated in 1988-1989 in the rural community of Arnama, north-west Argentina, where house spraying with residual pyrethroids was carried out in 1985. Three years after spraying, a greater reduction of the average T. cruzi prevalence rate in dogs (from 83% to 40%) than in children (from 48% to 30%) was accompanied by a substantial decrease in vector infection rates from 51%-63% to 21%. At a household level, in homes with or without seroreactive children, the percentage of infected T. infestons was 4·5-4·7 times higher when seroreactive dogs were present (27·1%-34·8%) than when they were not (5·8%-7·7%; stratified relative risk [RR] = 4·58). The contribution of seroreactive children to bug infection rates was not significant (RR = 1·29). The combined effect of both seroreactive dogs and seroreactive children fitted equally well with additive or multiplicative transmission models. Bug infection rates showed an increasing trend with the number of seroreactive dogs and an inverse association with the age of the youngest seroreactive dog. Our study supports the hypothesis of a causal association between the presence and number of infected dogs and increased levels of T. cruzi transmission to domestic T. infestons. © 1991. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00359203_v85_n6_p741_Gurtler
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topic argentina
article
chagas disease
dog
household
infection rate
prevalence
priority journal
risk factor
serology
triatoma infestans
tropical medicine
trypanosoma cruzi
Adolescent
Animal
Argentina
Chagas Disease
Child
Disease Reservoirs
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Human
Insect Vectors
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Triatoma
Canis familiaris
Triatoma infestans
Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma cruzi
spellingShingle argentina
article
chagas disease
dog
household
infection rate
prevalence
priority journal
risk factor
serology
triatoma infestans
tropical medicine
trypanosoma cruzi
Adolescent
Animal
Argentina
Chagas Disease
Child
Disease Reservoirs
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Human
Insect Vectors
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Triatoma
Canis familiaris
Triatoma infestans
Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma cruzi
Gürtler, R.E.
Cécere, M.C.
Rubel, D.N.
Petersen, R.M.
Schweigmann, N.J.
Lauricella, M.A.
Bujas, M.A.
Segura, E.L.
Wisnivesky-Colli, C.
Chagas disease in north-west Argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi
topic_facet argentina
article
chagas disease
dog
household
infection rate
prevalence
priority journal
risk factor
serology
triatoma infestans
tropical medicine
trypanosoma cruzi
Adolescent
Animal
Argentina
Chagas Disease
Child
Disease Reservoirs
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Human
Insect Vectors
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Triatoma
Canis familiaris
Triatoma infestans
Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma cruzi
description The association between household seroreactivity to Trypanosoma cruzi in dogs and children and T. cruzi infection rates in domestic Triatoma infestons was investigated in 1988-1989 in the rural community of Arnama, north-west Argentina, where house spraying with residual pyrethroids was carried out in 1985. Three years after spraying, a greater reduction of the average T. cruzi prevalence rate in dogs (from 83% to 40%) than in children (from 48% to 30%) was accompanied by a substantial decrease in vector infection rates from 51%-63% to 21%. At a household level, in homes with or without seroreactive children, the percentage of infected T. infestons was 4·5-4·7 times higher when seroreactive dogs were present (27·1%-34·8%) than when they were not (5·8%-7·7%; stratified relative risk [RR] = 4·58). The contribution of seroreactive children to bug infection rates was not significant (RR = 1·29). The combined effect of both seroreactive dogs and seroreactive children fitted equally well with additive or multiplicative transmission models. Bug infection rates showed an increasing trend with the number of seroreactive dogs and an inverse association with the age of the youngest seroreactive dog. Our study supports the hypothesis of a causal association between the presence and number of infected dogs and increased levels of T. cruzi transmission to domestic T. infestons. © 1991.
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author Gürtler, R.E.
Cécere, M.C.
Rubel, D.N.
Petersen, R.M.
Schweigmann, N.J.
Lauricella, M.A.
Bujas, M.A.
Segura, E.L.
Wisnivesky-Colli, C.
author_facet Gürtler, R.E.
Cécere, M.C.
Rubel, D.N.
Petersen, R.M.
Schweigmann, N.J.
Lauricella, M.A.
Bujas, M.A.
Segura, E.L.
Wisnivesky-Colli, C.
author_sort Gürtler, R.E.
title Chagas disease in north-west Argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi
title_short Chagas disease in north-west Argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi
title_full Chagas disease in north-west Argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi
title_fullStr Chagas disease in north-west Argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi
title_full_unstemmed Chagas disease in north-west Argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi
title_sort chagas disease in north-west argentina: infected dogs as a risk factor for the domestic transmission of trypanosoma cruzi
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