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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages 630-637Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0448
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- WHO TDR
- IDRC
- NETROPICA
- National Institutes of Health (USA) [1R15 A1079672-01A1]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1216193] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Office Of The Director
- Office of Integrative Activities [1101317] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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In this study, we evaluate the effect of participatory Ecohealth interventions on domestic reinfestation of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata after village-wide suppression of the vector population using a residual insecticide. The study was conducted in the rural community of La Brea, Guatemala between 2002 and 2009 where vector infestation was analyzed within a spatial data framework based on entomological and socio-economic surveys of homesteads within the village. Participatory interventions focused on community awareness and low-cost home improvements using local materials to limit areas of refuge and alternative blood meals for the vector within the home, and potential shelter for the vector outside the home. As a result, domestic infestation was maintained at <= 3% and peridomestic infestation at <= 2% for 5 years beyond the last insecticide spraying, in sharp contrast to the rapid reinfestation experienced in earlier insecticide only interventions.
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