Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina
This study was performed in an urban neighborhood of the capital city of the province of San Juan, Argentina. Erected as a housing complex, the place consists of 768 flats distributed in buildings of three and seven floors each. A survey was carried out in 33% of the dwellings, enquiring about the n...
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1996-08-01
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| author | Silvana L Vallvé Héctor Rojo Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli |
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| description | This study was performed in an urban neighborhood of the capital city of the province of San Juan, Argentina. Erected as a housing complex, the place consists of 768 flats distributed in buildings of three and seven floors each. A survey was carried out in 33% of the dwellings, enquiring about the number of Triatoma infestans found indoors, stage of the bug development - nymph or adult - and how these insects had entered their homes. Adult T.infestans were found on all floors; 163 people (64%) had found them at least once, and 130 (51%) several times. Dispersal flight seems to have been the main mechanism of infestation by adult bugs in this area, and a total of 51% of the surveyed inhabitants reported that the insects had flown into their flats. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-953c6bec605e47aeacd711efb185aab02023-08-02T09:32:22ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80601996-08-0191440540810.1590/S0074-02761996000400003Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, ArgentinaSilvana L VallvéHéctor RojoCristina Wisnivesky-ColliThis study was performed in an urban neighborhood of the capital city of the province of San Juan, Argentina. Erected as a housing complex, the place consists of 768 flats distributed in buildings of three and seven floors each. A survey was carried out in 33% of the dwellings, enquiring about the number of Triatoma infestans found indoors, stage of the bug development - nymph or adult - and how these insects had entered their homes. Adult T.infestans were found on all floors; 163 people (64%) had found them at least once, and 130 (51%) several times. Dispersal flight seems to have been the main mechanism of infestation by adult bugs in this area, and a total of 51% of the surveyed inhabitants reported that the insects had flown into their flats.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000400003Triatoma infestansurban areasdispersal flightSan JuanArgentina |
| spellingShingle | Silvana L Vallvé Héctor Rojo Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Triatoma infestans urban areas dispersal flight San Juan Argentina |
| title | Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_full | Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_short | Urban ecology of Triatoma infestans in San Juan, Argentina |
| title_sort | urban ecology of triatoma infestans in san juan argentina |
| topic | Triatoma infestans urban areas dispersal flight San Juan Argentina |
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