Infestation by Triatoma pallidipennis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Is Associated with Housing Characteristics in Rural Mexico

Authors: Cohen, Justin M.; Wilson, Mark L.; Cruz-celis, Adriana; Ordoñez, Rosalinda; Ramsey, Janine M.

Source: Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 43, Number 6, November 2006 , pp. 1252-1260(9)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

Long-term control of Chagas disease requires not only interruption of the human transmission cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi Schyzotrypanum, Chagas, 1909 by controlling its domestic triatomine vectors but also surveillance to prevent reinfestation of residences from sylvatic or persistent peridomestic populations. Although a number of potential risk factors for infestation have been implicated in previous studies, the explanatory power of resulting models has been low. Two years after cessation of triatomine vector control efforts in the town of Chalcatzingo, Morelos, 78 environmental, socioecological, and spatial variables were analyzed for association with infestation by Triatoma pallidipennis Stal 1872 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), the principal vector of T. cruzi. We studied 712 residences in this rural community to identify specific intradomestic and peridomestic risk factors that predicted infestation with T. pallidipennis. From numerous characteristics that were identified as correlated with infestation, we derived multivariate logistic regression models to predict residences that were more or less likely to be infested with T. pallidipennis. The most important risk factors for infestation included measurements of house age, upkeep, and spatial location in the town. The effects of certain risk factors on infestation were found to be modified by spatial characteristics of residences. The results of this study provide new information regarding risk factors for infestation by T. pallidipennis that may aid in designing sustainable disease control programs in rural Mexico.

Keywords: Triatoma pallidipennis; triatomine; risk factor analysis; Chagas disease; vector ecology

Document Type: Research article

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