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Becerril,Marco A; Angeles-Pérez,Vidal; Noguez-García,Julio Cr; Imbert-Palafox,José L. |
In order to determine the risk of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi by triatomines in Metztitlan municipality, Hidalgo State, Mexico, entomological indexes were calculated and the characteristics of dwellings were described. A transversal, retrospective, descriptive, and observational study was performed by means of an intentional not probabilistic and expertise sampling from January to December of 2005 in 10 localities in which presence of triatomines were investigated either intra or peridomestic environmental in 699 houses. Building material and presence of infected triatomines with T. cruzi were registered to determine entomologic indexes. The triatomine species collected were: Triatoma barberi (Usinger) and T. mexicana (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Hemiptera:... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Triatoma barberi; Triatoma mexicana; Chagas disease; Vector; Epidemiology. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2010000500021 |
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