Domestic triatomines (Reduviidae) and insect trypanosome infections in El Salvador, C.A.

Twenty-five Salvadoran communities have been surveyed to learn more about the distribution of Chagas' disease vectors and trypanosome parasites in that country. The results indicate that each of several factors--local variations in housing construction, insecticide applications, geographic elevation, and the vector species involved--can have a critical effect on transmission of the disease agent.