| dc.creator | Rodríguez-Bonfante,Claudina del Carmen | |
| dc.creator | Rojas,María Elena | |
| dc.creator | Aldana,Elis | |
| dc.creator | Concepción,Juan Luis | |
| dc.creator | Bonfante-Cabarcas,Rafael Armando | |
| dc.date | 2011-12-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-25T14:02:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-25T14:02:58Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1409-14292011000200005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8811422 | |
| dc.description | Objective: To determine human and canine seroprevalence, entomologic indexes and risk factors for Chagas’ disease transmission in a rural community. Method: 48 houses, 162 people, and 55 canines were sampled. Serum anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies were determined by means of ELISA and MABA techniques using recombinant antigens. Triatomine collection were carried out by passive search by community and an active/systematic house, T. cruzi infection was determined by direct microcopy. Results: 2,47% of the humans and 18.18% of the canines were positive to serum anti-T.cruzi antibodies. The triatomine bugs found was 98.24% and 1.76% Eratyrus mucronatus. Vector’s indexes were: 0 % vector infection, 18.75% indoor house infestation, 25% outdoor house infestation, 0% indoor house colonization, 83.33 % outdoor house colonization and 4.16% house co-infestation. We obtained an association between house triatomine infestation and visualization of wild animals in the house. Discussion: there are not vector transmission of Chagas disease in the community, however, high dog’s prevalence is related to their biological habits and behavior | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Asociación Costarricense de Salud Pública | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Revista Costarricense de Salud Pública v.20 n.2 2011 | |
| dc.subject | Chagas disease | |
| dc.subject | Trypanosomiasis | |
| dc.subject | Seroepidemiologic Studies | |
| dc.subject | Dog disease | |
| dc.subject | Venezuela | |
| dc.title | Persistence of Chagas disease active transmission among dogs in Venezuela rural community | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
