Noireau François, Cortez Mirko G Rojas, Monteiro Fernando A, Jansen Ana Maria, Torrico Faustino
Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brazil.
Trends Parasitol. 2005 Jan;21(1):7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.10.007.
The expected success of Chagas disease control programs in the Southern Cone countries relied on the assumption that Triatoma infestans, the main domestic vector, did not maintain silvatic foci except in the Cochabamba valley in Bolivia. Recent fieldwork revealed that wild populations of this vector are much more widespread throughout Bolivia than previously thought. Therefore, it is important to find out whether these silvatic populations could jeopardize control efforts in Bolivia, and to investigate their possible occurrence in neighboring regions of Paraguay and Argentina.
南锥体国家查加斯病控制项目预期的成功基于这样一个假设，即主要的家栖病媒——侵扰锥猎蝽，除了在玻利维亚的科恰班巴山谷外，不会维持野生疫源地。最近的实地调查显示，这种病媒的野生种群在玻利维亚的分布范围比之前认为的要广泛得多。因此，弄清楚这些野生种群是否会危及玻利维亚的控制工作，并调查它们在巴拉圭和阿根廷邻近地区可能出现的情况，这一点很重要。
