Long-term impact of a ten-year intervention program on human and canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Argentine Chaco.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Marta Victoria Cardinal, Gustavo Fabián Enriquez, Natalia Paula Macchiaverna, Hernán Darío Argibay, María Del Pilar Fernández, Alejandra Alvedro, María Sol Gaspe, Ricardo Esteban Gürtler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Argentine; Chaco; Pampa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009389; https://doaj.org/article/5df0d78cdb0f4f038d5b9f285aedfdd3

Background Interruption of domestic vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is still an unmet goal in several American countries. In 2007 we launched a long-term intervention program aimed to suppress house infestation with the main domestic vector in southern South America (Triatoma infestan...