Kinetoplastids are a group of flagellated protozoans that include the species Trypanosoma
and Leishmania, which are human pathogens with devastating health and economic effects …

Background Vector control has substantially reduced Chagas disease (ChD) incidence.
However, transmission by household-reinfesting triatomines persists, suggesting that …

Chagas disease remains a serious obstacle to health and economic development in Latin
America, especially for the rural poor. We report the long-term effects of interventions in rural …

Objective To define the insecticide resistance status of Triatoma infestans to deltamethrin
(pyrethroid), malathion (organophosphate) and bendiocarb (carbamate) in Bolivia. Methods …

Background Chagas disease control campaigns relying upon residual insecticide spraying
have been successful in many Southern American countries. However, in some areas, rapid …

The spatio-temporal reinfestation patterns by Triatoma infestans following a blanket
insecticide spraying in the rural community of Amamá in northwestern Argentina were …

Conventional methodologies to control vector borne diseases with chemical pesticides are
often associated with environmental toxicity, adverse effects on human health and the …

The expected success of Chagas disease control programs in the Southern Cone countries
relied on the assumption that Triatoma infestans, the main domestic vector, did not maintain …

The aim of this paper was to analyse the active dispersal of Triatoma infestans and the role
of chickens as passive carriers of this insect in peridomestic areas of La Rioja, Argentina. To …

The methods used to control triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of
Chagas disease, include the implementation of cultural and mechanical practices, as well as …