Eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for Chagas disease vector control in Latin America
This article provides an overview of three research projects which designed and implemented innovative interventions for Chagas disease vector control in Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico. The research initiativewas based on sound principles of community-based ecosystem management (ecohealth), integrate...
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paper:paper_00359203_v109_n2_p91_Gurtlera2023-06-08T15:01:52Z Eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for Chagas disease vector control in Latin America Chagas disease Community Eco-bio-social research Ecohealth Integrated vector management Vector-borne diseases Chagas disease chicken disease carrier disease control dog ecosystem environmental management Guatemala habitat nonhuman rat Review rodent control Triatoma dimidiata Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi vector control animal attitude to health Chagas disease community care Dog Diseases ecosystem environmental exposure environmental planning housing human infection control organization and management parasitology pathogenicity prevalence risk factor rodent season socioeconomics South and Central America standards transmission Triatoma Canis familiaris Gallus gallus Hexapoda Rodentia Triatoma dimidiata Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi Animals Chagas Disease Chickens Communicable Disease Control Community Health Services Disease Reservoirs Dog Diseases Dogs Ecosystem Environment Design Environmental Exposure Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Housing Humans Insect Vectors Latin America Prevalence Risk Factors Rodentia Seasons Socioeconomic Factors Triatoma Trypanosoma cruzi This article provides an overview of three research projects which designed and implemented innovative interventions for Chagas disease vector control in Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico. The research initiativewas based on sound principles of community-based ecosystem management (ecohealth), integrated vector management, and interdisciplinary analysis. The initial situational analysis achieved a better understanding of ecological, biological and social determinants of domestic infestation. The key factors identified included: housing quality; type of peridomestic habitats; presence and abundance of domestic dogs, chickens and synanthropic rodents; proximity to public lights; location in the periphery of the village. In Bolivia, plastering of mud walls with appropriate local materials and regular cleaning of beds and of clothes next to the walls, substantially decreased domestic infestation and abundance of the insect vector Triatoma infestans. The Guatemalan project revealed close links between house infestation by rodents and Triatoma dimidiata, and vector infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. A novel community-operated rodent control program significantly reduced rodent infestation and bug infection. In Mexico, large-scale implementation of window screens translated into promising reductions in domestic infestation. A multi-pronged approach including community mobilisation and empowerment, intersectoral cooperation and adhesion to integrated vector management principles may be the key to sustainable vector and disease control in the affected regions. © World Health Organization 2015. 2014 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00359203_v109_n2_p91_Gurtlera http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00359203_v109_n2_p91_Gurtlera |
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Chagas disease Community Eco-bio-social research Ecohealth Integrated vector management Vector-borne diseases Chagas disease chicken disease carrier disease control dog ecosystem environmental management Guatemala habitat nonhuman rat Review rodent control Triatoma dimidiata Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi vector control animal attitude to health Chagas disease community care Dog Diseases ecosystem environmental exposure environmental planning housing human infection control organization and management parasitology pathogenicity prevalence risk factor rodent season socioeconomics South and Central America standards transmission Triatoma Canis familiaris Gallus gallus Hexapoda Rodentia Triatoma dimidiata Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi Animals Chagas Disease Chickens Communicable Disease Control Community Health Services Disease Reservoirs Dog Diseases Dogs Ecosystem Environment Design Environmental Exposure Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Housing Humans Insect Vectors Latin America Prevalence Risk Factors Rodentia Seasons Socioeconomic Factors Triatoma Trypanosoma cruzi |
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Chagas disease Community Eco-bio-social research Ecohealth Integrated vector management Vector-borne diseases Chagas disease chicken disease carrier disease control dog ecosystem environmental management Guatemala habitat nonhuman rat Review rodent control Triatoma dimidiata Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi vector control animal attitude to health Chagas disease community care Dog Diseases ecosystem environmental exposure environmental planning housing human infection control organization and management parasitology pathogenicity prevalence risk factor rodent season socioeconomics South and Central America standards transmission Triatoma Canis familiaris Gallus gallus Hexapoda Rodentia Triatoma dimidiata Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi Animals Chagas Disease Chickens Communicable Disease Control Community Health Services Disease Reservoirs Dog Diseases Dogs Ecosystem Environment Design Environmental Exposure Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Housing Humans Insect Vectors Latin America Prevalence Risk Factors Rodentia Seasons Socioeconomic Factors Triatoma Trypanosoma cruzi Eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for Chagas disease vector control in Latin America |
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Chagas disease Community Eco-bio-social research Ecohealth Integrated vector management Vector-borne diseases Chagas disease chicken disease carrier disease control dog ecosystem environmental management Guatemala habitat nonhuman rat Review rodent control Triatoma dimidiata Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi vector control animal attitude to health Chagas disease community care Dog Diseases ecosystem environmental exposure environmental planning housing human infection control organization and management parasitology pathogenicity prevalence risk factor rodent season socioeconomics South and Central America standards transmission Triatoma Canis familiaris Gallus gallus Hexapoda Rodentia Triatoma dimidiata Triatoma infestans Trypanosoma cruzi Animals Chagas Disease Chickens Communicable Disease Control Community Health Services Disease Reservoirs Dog Diseases Dogs Ecosystem Environment Design Environmental Exposure Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Housing Humans Insect Vectors Latin America Prevalence Risk Factors Rodentia Seasons Socioeconomic Factors Triatoma Trypanosoma cruzi |
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This article provides an overview of three research projects which designed and implemented innovative interventions for Chagas disease vector control in Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico. The research initiativewas based on sound principles of community-based ecosystem management (ecohealth), integrated vector management, and interdisciplinary analysis. The initial situational analysis achieved a better understanding of ecological, biological and social determinants of domestic infestation. The key factors identified included: housing quality; type of peridomestic habitats; presence and abundance of domestic dogs, chickens and synanthropic rodents; proximity to public lights; location in the periphery of the village. In Bolivia, plastering of mud walls with appropriate local materials and regular cleaning of beds and of clothes next to the walls, substantially decreased domestic infestation and abundance of the insect vector Triatoma infestans. The Guatemalan project revealed close links between house infestation by rodents and Triatoma dimidiata, and vector infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. A novel community-operated rodent control program significantly reduced rodent infestation and bug infection. In Mexico, large-scale implementation of window screens translated into promising reductions in domestic infestation. A multi-pronged approach including community mobilisation and empowerment, intersectoral cooperation and adhesion to integrated vector management principles may be the key to sustainable vector and disease control in the affected regions. © World Health Organization 2015. |
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Eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for Chagas disease vector control in Latin America |
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Eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for Chagas disease vector control in Latin America |
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Eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for Chagas disease vector control in Latin America |
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Eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for Chagas disease vector control in Latin America |
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Eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for Chagas disease vector control in Latin America |
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eco-bio-social research on community-based approaches for chagas disease vector control in latin america |
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