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Active dispersal by wild Triatoma infestans in the Bolivian Andes.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Jun 2007
Richer Wilfrid, Kengne Pierre, Cortez Mirko Rojas, Perrineau Marie Mathilde, Cohuet Anna, Fontenille Didier, Noireau François
Abstract excerpt
Triatoma infestans is the main vector of Chagas disease and target of control programmes in the Southern Cone countries. So far Bolivia is the only country where true T. infestans wild foci are documented. The dispersal ability for wild T. infestans was studied at microgeographical scale in Bolivian Andes, to assess the possibility for wild populations to actively recolonize insecticide-treated villages. Nine...
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