A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectors
Current working classifications of Chagas disease vectors rely on a loose mix-up of biological and operational matters. They are therefore confusing and ineffective. I propose a very simple classification that makes biological sense and can be operationally useful. It considers a four-level hierarch...
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| description | Current working classifications of Chagas disease vectors rely on a loose mix-up of biological and operational matters. They are therefore confusing and ineffective. I propose a very simple classification that makes biological sense and can be operationally useful. It considers a four-level hierarchy of species (which can be native or non-native); populations (either wild or non-wild); infestation foci (natural, domestic or peridomestic); and individual bugs (which can be solitary house-invaders or part of a hidden infestation focus). This classification translates into a clear, algorithmic scheme for triatomine control-surveillance that may be useful at every operationally relevant scale, from multi-country initiatives to on-site control-surveillance action. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b596c1abe05a455aadf92cc0d62595762023-09-03T09:11:44ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz1678-80601111064965110.1590/0074-02760160203S0074-02762016001000649A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectorsFernando Abad-FranchCurrent working classifications of Chagas disease vectors rely on a loose mix-up of biological and operational matters. They are therefore confusing and ineffective. I propose a very simple classification that makes biological sense and can be operationally useful. It considers a four-level hierarchy of species (which can be native or non-native); populations (either wild or non-wild); infestation foci (natural, domestic or peridomestic); and individual bugs (which can be solitary house-invaders or part of a hidden infestation focus). This classification translates into a clear, algorithmic scheme for triatomine control-surveillance that may be useful at every operationally relevant scale, from multi-country initiatives to on-site control-surveillance action.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016001000649&lng=en&tlng=enTriatominaehierarchical classificationsChagas disease |
| spellingShingle | Fernando Abad-Franch A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectors Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Triatominae hierarchical classifications Chagas disease |
| title | A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectors |
| title_full | A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectors |
| title_fullStr | A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectors |
| title_full_unstemmed | A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectors |
| title_short | A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectors |
| title_sort | simple biologically sound and potentially useful working classification of chagas disease vectors |
| topic | Triatominae hierarchical classifications Chagas disease |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016001000649&lng=en&tlng=en |
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