Intensified surveillance and insecticide-based control of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in the Argentinean Chaco.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Juan M Gurevitz, María Sol Gaspe, Gustavo F Enriquez, Yael M Provecho, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E Gürtler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Argentina; Chaco
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002158; https://doaj.org/article/e5ef6efd94934f8abeffad50d3ecfa44

Background The elimination of Triatoma infestans, the main Chagas disease vector in the Gran Chaco region, remains elusive. We implemented an intensified control strategy based on full-coverage pyrethroid spraying, followed by frequent vector surveillance and immediate selective insecticide treatmen...