Comprehensive survey of domiciliary triatomine species capable of transmitting Chagas Disease in southern Ecuador

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dc.careerCiencias Biológicases
dc.category.authorvisitoren_US
dc.contributor.authorGrijalva Cobo, Mario Javier
dc.contributor.authorVillacís Salazar, Anita Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorYumiseva Marín, César Alberto
dc.contributor.authorMoncayo Benalcázar, Ana Lucía
dc.contributor.authorBaus Carrera, Esteban Guillermo
dc.contributor.authorOcaña Mayorga, Sofía Beatriz
dc.contributor.correspondingGrijalva Cobo, Mario Javier
dc.countryEcuadores
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:45:09Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:45:09Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-06
dc.dedication.authorTPes
dc.description.abstractChagas disease is a major health problem in Latin America. Its infectious agent, Trypanosoma cruzi, is transmitted mainly by the feces of insects called triatomines. Although great progress has been made in reducing transmission in the countries in the southern cone of South America, limited progress has been made in the Andean countries, partly because of lack of knowledge and partly because of limited resources and technical capability of control efforts. We report the first entomological survey conducted in southern Ecuador to learn the distribution of triatomines, their habitat and microhabitat preferences, and factors that favor their presence. The results of the study show that 9% of households in 92 rural communities harbor well-established triatomine populations. These rural areas in the southern Andean region are among the poorest in the country; most of the population lives in sub-standard housing, under conditions that favor the presence of Chagas disease vectors. These results, combined with recent reports of widespread triatomine infestation of wild animal nests in sylvatic areas throughout the region and frequent reports of reinfestation after control intervention, indicate the need for effective, monitored, and sustained vector control to reduce the high risk of infection to which approximately 100,000 people living in rural areas of southern Ecuador are exposed.en_US
dc.facultyCiencias Exactas y Naturaleses
dc.id.author1708757742
dc.id.type1
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pntd.0004142
dc.identifier.issn1935-2735
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/6069
dc.identifier.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004142
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dc.list.authorsGrijalva, M., Villacis, A., Ocaña-Mayorga, S., Yumiseva, C., Moncayo, A,, y Baus, E.
dc.magazine.pageRange01-19
dc.magazine.titlePlos Neglected Tropical Diseasesen_US
dc.magazine.volumeChapter9 (10)
dc.rightsClosedAccessen
dc.statepublisheden_US
dc.subjectSalud públicaes
dc.subjectTripanosomiasis americanaes
dc.subjectEnfermedad de Chagases
dc.subjectSalud pública
dc.subjectTripanosomiasis americana
dc.subjectEnfermedad de Chagas
dc.titleComprehensive survey of domiciliary triatomine species capable of transmitting Chagas Disease in southern Ecuadoren_US
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