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Intensified Surveillance and Insecticide-based Control of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Argentinean Chaco

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 treatme...

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Autores principales: Gurevitz, Juan M., Gaspe, María Sol, Enriquez, Gustavo F., Provecho, Yael M., Kitron, Uriel, Gürtler, Ricardo E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23593525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002158