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1809241

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
A field survey of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi was carried out in an area which had never been sprayed with insecticide. A population census, mapping and house classification, examination of insects in houses, and a human serological survey were performed. The entomological examination showed that 97% of the houses (433/445) were infested by Triatoma infestans and that 31% of the bugs examined were infected with T. cruzi. The level of infection, as well as the number of insects captured, had no apparent relationship with the type of house. Trypanosoma cruzi was found in 30% of the human population, and in 10% of children up to four years old. The rates of infection were significantly lower for inhabitants, especially children, living in 'urban' houses. The prevalence rate for the children did not correlate with the number of insects collected in the houses. The improvement of houses, outside the framework of an integrated control programme, had no obvious impact on the level of transmission. Nevertheless, the replacement of the original houses by houses with plastered walls and roofs of metal or cement resulted in a decrease in the prevalence of infection in children younger than four years of age. The community showed little confidence in sanitary precautions against Chagas' disease prior to the start of the survey.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-4983
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
489-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The status of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in an endemic area of Argentina prior to control attempts, 1985.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de la Enfermedad de Chagas, Dr. Mario Fatala Chabén, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't