ArticleTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2015
An innovative ecohealth intervention for Chagas disease vector control in Yucatan, Mexico.
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- Disentangling Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycle dynamics through the identification of blood meal sources of natural populations of Triatoma dimidiata in Yucatán, Mexico.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Protein mass spectrometry detects multiple bloodmeals for enhanced Chagas disease vector ecology.Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Environmental Health Promotion of a Contaminated Site in Mexico.EcoHealth · 2019Article
- Home improvement and system-based health promotion for sustainable prevention of Chagas disease: A qualitative study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Beating the odds: Sustained Chagas disease vector control in remote indigenous communities of the Argentine Chaco over a seven-year period.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Protein mass spectrometry extends temporal blood meal detection over polymerase chain reaction in mouse-fed Chagas disease vectors.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2018Article
- Non-randomized controlled trial of the long-term efficacy of an Ecohealth intervention against Chagas disease in Yucatan, Mexico.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Evolutionary ecology of Chagas disease; what do we know and what do we need?Evolutionary applications · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundNon-domiciliated (intrusive) triatomine vectors remain a challenge for the sustainability of Chagas disease vector control as these triatomines are able to transiently (re-)infest houses. One of the best-characterized examples is Triatoma dimidiata from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, where adult insects seasonally infest houses between March and July.
methodsWe focused our study on three rural villages in the state of Yucatan, Mexico, in which we performed a situation analysis as a first step before the implementation of an ecohealth (ecosystem approach to health) vector control intervention.
resultsThe identification of the key determinants affecting the transient invasion of human dwellings by T. dimidiata was performed by exploring associations between bug presence and qualitative and quantitative variables describing the ecological, biological and social context of the communities. We then used a participatory action research approach for implementation and evaluation of a control strategy based on window insect screens to reduce house infestation by T. dimidiata.
conclusionsThis ecohealth approach may represent a valuable alternative to vertically-organized insecticide spraying. Further evaluation may confirm that it is sustainable and provides effective control (in the sense of limiting infestation of human dwellings and vector/human contacts) of intrusive triatomines in the region.
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