Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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108(2): 205-211, abr. 2013. tab, graf
Artigo
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Chagas disease control requires an innovative approach to strengthen community participation in vector surveillance. This paper presents a case study of a community-based bug-hunting campaign in Guatemala. The campaign was implemented in 2007 in the following three stages (i) a four week preparation stage to promote bug-hunting, (ii) a one week bug-hunting stage to capture and collect bugs and (iii) a 10 week follow-up stage to analyse the bugs and spray insecticide. A total of 2,845 bugs were reported, of which 7% were Triatominae vectors, such as Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata. The bug-hunting campaign detected a five-six-fold higher amount of vectors in one week than traditional community-based surveillance detects in one year. The bug-hunting campaign effectively detected vectors during a short period, provided information to update the vector infestation map and increased community and political awareness regarding Chagas disease. This approach could be recommended as an effective and feasible strategy to strengthen vector surveillance on a larger scale.
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Assunto principal:
Rhodnius
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Triatoma
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Controle de Insetos
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Doença de Chagas
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Insetos Vetores
Tipo de estudo:
Estudos de avaliação
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América Central
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Guatemala
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Nicarágua
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Japan International Cooperation Agency/NI
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