| Autor: |
Benjamín, Nogueda-Torres, Lucio, Galaviz-Silva, Gabriela, Villalvazo-Bejines, Zinnia Judith, Molina-Garza, José Alejandro, Martínez-Ibarra |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology. 47(2) |
| ISSN: |
1948-7134 |
| Popis: |
Chagas disease is one of the most important vector-borne diseases in Latin America. Instituting home improvement preventive measures and increasing health education contribute to successful control of the triatomine insect vector. The impact of home and road improvements and health education upon the inhabitants of 37 human dwellings in three small towns in western Mexico were studied. Initially, few house roofs were made of concrete and few walls were cement-lined. Almost all houses initially lacked metal window screens and none used barbed wire fences. One year after the intervention, all of these measures were more common, and almost 100% of houses continued to use window screens and barbed wire fences ten years post-intervention. By ten years post-intervention,75% of houses had cement-lined walls. Initially, 24.3% of human dwellings were infested with |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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