Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina
| Autor: | Silvana L Vallvé, Héctor Rojo, Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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| Zdroj: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 91, Iss 4, Pp 405-408 (1996) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0074-0276 1678-8060 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0074-02761996000400003 |
| Popis: | This study was performed in an urban neighborhood of the capital city of the province of San Juan, Argentina. Erected as a housing complex, the place consists of 768 flats distributed in buildings of three and seven floors each. A survey was carried out in 33% of the dwellings, enquiring about the number of Triatoma infestans found indoors, stage of the bug development - nymph or adult - and how these insects had entered their homes. Adult T.infestans were found on all floors; 163 people (64%) had found them at least once, and 130 (51%) several times. Dispersal flight seems to have been the main mechanism of infestation by adult bugs in this area, and a total of 51% of the surveyed inhabitants reported that the insects had flown into their flats. |
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