Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala
Chagas disease control requires an innovative approach to strengthen community participation in vector surveillance. This paper presents a case study of a community-based bug-hunting campaign in Guatemala. The campaign was implemented in 2007 in the following three stages: (i) a four week preparatio...
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| description | Chagas disease control requires an innovative approach to strengthen community participation in vector surveillance. This paper presents a case study of a community-based bug-hunting campaign in Guatemala. The campaign was implemented in 2007 in the following three stages: (i) a four week preparation stage to promote bug-hunting, (ii) a one week bug-hunting stage to capture and collect bugs and (iii) a 10 week follow-up stage to analyse the bugs and spray insecticide. A total of 2,845 bugs were reported, of which 7% were Triatominae vectors, such as Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata. The bug-hunting campaign detected a five-six-fold higher amount of vectors in one week than traditional community-based surveillance detects in one year. The bug-hunting campaign effectively detected vectors during a short period, provided information to update the vector infestation map and increased community and political awareness regarding Chagas disease. This approach could be recommended as an effective and feasible strategy to strengthen vector surveillance on a larger scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-908ee6278f214a48912a6756a2c1d2fd2023-08-02T09:32:17ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz1678-80602013-04-01108220521110.1590/0074-0276108022013013S0074-02762013000200205Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, GuatemalaKota YoshiokaChagas disease control requires an innovative approach to strengthen community participation in vector surveillance. This paper presents a case study of a community-based bug-hunting campaign in Guatemala. The campaign was implemented in 2007 in the following three stages: (i) a four week preparation stage to promote bug-hunting, (ii) a one week bug-hunting stage to capture and collect bugs and (iii) a 10 week follow-up stage to analyse the bugs and spray insecticide. A total of 2,845 bugs were reported, of which 7% were Triatominae vectors, such as Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata. The bug-hunting campaign detected a five-six-fold higher amount of vectors in one week than traditional community-based surveillance detects in one year. The bug-hunting campaign effectively detected vectors during a short period, provided information to update the vector infestation map and increased community and political awareness regarding Chagas disease. This approach could be recommended as an effective and feasible strategy to strengthen vector surveillance on a larger scale.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000200205&lng=en&tlng=enChagas diseasehealth campaignscommunity participationRhodnius prolixusTriatoma dimidiataGuatemala |
| spellingShingle | Kota Yoshioka Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Chagas disease health campaigns community participation Rhodnius prolixus Triatoma dimidiata Guatemala |
| title | Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala |
| title_full | Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala |
| title_fullStr | Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala |
| title_short | Impact of a community-based bug-hunting campaign on Chagas disease control: a case study in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala |
| title_sort | impact of a community based bug hunting campaign on chagas disease control a case study in the department of jalapa guatemala |
| topic | Chagas disease health campaigns community participation Rhodnius prolixus Triatoma dimidiata Guatemala |
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