Post-control surveillance of Triatoma infestans and Triatoma sordida with chemically-baited sticky traps.

• Main Authors: Antonieta Rojas de Arias (Author), Fernando Abad-Franch (Author), Nidia Acosta (Author), Elsa López (Author), Nilsa González (Author), Eduardo Zerba (Author), Guillermo Tarelli (Author), Héctor Masuh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Chagas disease prevention critically depends on keeping houses free of triatomine vectors. Insecticide spraying is very effective, but re-infestation of treated dwellings is commonplace. Early detection-elimination of re-infestation foci is key to long-term control; however, all availabl...