Title
Residual infestation and recolonization during urban Triatoma infestans bug control campaign, Peru
Date Issued
01 December 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Barbu C.M.
Buttenheim A.M.
Hancco Pumahuanca M.L.
Quintanilla Calderón J.E.
Carrión M.
Catacora Rospigliossi A.
Oppe Alvarez K.
University of Pennsylvania
Publisher(s)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Abstract
Chagas disease vector control campaigns are being conducted in Latin America, but little is known about medium- term or long-term effectiveness of these efforts, especially in urban areas. After analyzing entomologic data for 56,491 households during the treatment phase of a Triatoma infestans bug control campaign in Arequipa, Peru, during 2003–2011, we estimated that 97.1% of residual infestations are attributable to untreated households. Multivariate models for the surveillance phase of the campaign obtained during 2009–2012 confirm that nonparticipation in the initial treatment phase is a major risk factor (odds ratio [OR] 21.5, 95% CI 3.35–138). Infestation during surveillance also increased over time (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.15–2.09 per year). In addition, we observed a negative interaction between nonparticipation and time (OR 0.73, 95% CI 0.53–0.99), suggesting that recolonization by vectors progressively dilutes risk associated with nonparticipation. Although the treatment phase was effective, recolonization in untreated households threatens the long-term success of vector control.
Start page
2055
End page
2063
Volume
20
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84922837275
PubMed ID
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10806040
Sponsor(s)
National Institutes of Health - K01 AI079162, NIH-NIAID R01AI101229, P50 AI074285.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - R01HD075869.
Sources of information:
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