Spatial Heterogeneity and Risk Maps of Community Infestation by Triatoma infestans in Rural Northwestern Argentina

In the Southern Cone countries of South America, vectorborne transmission of Chagas disease persists in the Gran Chaco region of northern Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia, where Triatoma infestans is the main vector. More than 50 years of vector control in this region demonstrate that vertically coor...

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Main Authors: Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M., Spillmann, Cynthia, Zaidenberg, Mario, Gürtler, Ricardo E., Kitron, Uriel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419179/