Abad-Franch Fernando
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2016 Oct;111(10):649-651. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760160203.
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.
恰加斯病病媒的现行工作分类依赖于生物学和操作性事务的松散混合。因此,它们既令人困惑又效率低下。我提出一种非常简单的分类方法,这种分类在生物学上有意义且在操作上有用。它考虑了一个四级层次结构,即物种(可以是本地的或非本地的);种群(野生的或非野生的);侵染疫源地(自然的、家庭的或住宅周边的);以及单个虫子(可以是单独侵入房屋的或隐藏侵染疫源地的一部分)。这种分类转化为一种清晰的、用于锥蝽控制监测的算法方案,在从多国倡议到现场控制监测行动的每个操作相关规模上可能都有用。