Analysis of children's perception of triatomine vectors of chagas disease through drawings: opportunities for targeted health education.

• Main Authors: Violetta Yevstigneyeva (Author), Javier Camara-Mejia (Author), Eric Dumonteil (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chagas disease is a tropical parasitic disease affecting about 10 million people, mostly in the Americas, and transmitted mainly by triatomine bugs. Insect vector control with indoor residual insecticides and the promotion of housing improvement is the main control intervention. The success of such...