Experimental control of Triatoma infestans in poor rural villages of Bolivia through community participation
| Autor: | Lilian Zambrana, Frédéric Lardeux, Claudia Aliaga, Tamara Chavez, Stéphanie Depickère |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IRD Bolivie, Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud, La Paz, Bolivia (INLASA), Universidad Autonoma Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Rural Population
Chagas disease Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Insecticides EcoHealth medicine.disease_cause 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Community Health Services Triatoma 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomics Health Education Triatoma infestans 2. Zero hunger biology Ecology General Medicine Focus Groups Infectious Diseases Seasons Disease transmission infestans Bolivia Experimental control Trypanosoma cruzi Community participation 030231 tropical medicine Insect Control 03 medical and health sciences [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Ecosystems Infestation parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Original Articles biology.organism_classification [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society Vector control Insect Vectors [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology Vector (epidemiology) Housing Parasitology [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie Risk factor |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015, ⟨10.1093/trstmh/tru205⟩ Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Repositorio Institucional de la Consejería de Sanidad de la Comunidad de Madrid Consejería de Sanidad de la Comunidad de Madrid |
| ISSN: | 0035-9203 |
| Popis: | Background Triatoma infestans is the main vector of Chagas disease in the southern cone countries. Present control strategies based on indoor and outdoor residual insecticide spraying are not sufficient to control disease transmission, particularly in Bolivia. Techniques based on the management of the human environment may be good alternatives or supplements. Methods Social and entomological surveys were carried out in four villages of Bolivia situated in the dry inter-Andean Valleys and the Chaco region. Risk factors for house infestation by T. infestans were identified, and an eco-health intervention based on education and community participation was carried out to reduce the risks of house infestation. It consisted of implementing simple and low cost vector control techniques such as coating of mud walls, cleaning activities and removal of poultry that enter rooms to lay eggs. Results The eco-health intervention significantly reduced the number of infested bedrooms, the mean abundance of T. infestans in bedrooms and beds, especially in the Chaco region. Mud wall coating was well accepted and could be proposed as a supplementary tool to the National Program of Chagas Disease Control to enhance the effects of insecticide sprayings. Conclusions Even if cleaning activities were still neglected, community participation proved to be effective in reducing house infestation. |
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