Title
Impregnated netting slows infestation by Triatoma infestans
Date Issued
01 January 2008
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Quíspe-Machaca V.R.
Ylla-Velasquez J.L.
Waller L.A.
Richards J.M.
Rath B.
McKenzie F.E.
Wirtz R.A.
Maguire J.H.
Bern C.
Centro Internacional Fogarty
Escuela de Salud Pública Bloomberg de Johns Hopkins
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
We used sentinel animal enclosures to measure the rate of infestation by the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans, in an urban community of Arequipa, Peru, and to evaluate the effect of deltamethrin-impregnated netting on that rate. Impregnated netting decreased the rate of infestation of sentinel enclosures (rate ratio, 0.23; 95% confidence interval, 0.13-0.38; P < 0.001), controlling for the density of surrounding vector populations and the distance of these to the sentinel enclosures. Most migrant insects were early-stage nymphs, which are less likely to carry the parasitic agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi. Spread of the vector in the city therefore likely precedes spread of the parasite. Netting was particularly effective against adult insects and late-stage nymphs; taking into account population structure, netting decreased the reproductive value of migrant populations from 443.6 to 40.5. Impregnated netting can slow the spread of T. infestans and is a potentially valuable tool in the control of Chagas disease. Copyright © 2008 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Start page
528
End page
534
Volume
79
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-53749096984
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
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