Fast recovery of house infestation with Triatoma brasiliensis after residual insecticide spraying in a semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil.

• Main Authors: Claudia Mendonça Bezerra (Author), Silvia Ermelinda Barbosa (Author), Rita de Cássia Moreira de Souza (Author), Levi Ximenes Feijão (Author), Ricardo Esteban Gürtler (Author), Alberto Novaes Ramos (Author), Liléia Diotaiuti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The northeastern semiarid region stands out in the Brazilian context regarding the eco-epidemiology of Chagas disease, in which Triatoma brasiliensis is the main vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. Persistent house invasion threatens the relative levels of progress achieved over previous decades. We conduc...