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Wild fleas transmit Chagas' disease in some regions of Latin America
Published on June 25, 2014 at 5:32 AM ?
For 10 years, major fumigation campaigns in the villages have eliminated the fleas that transmit Chagas' disease in many Latin American countries. But, in several regions, these insects, including those that are the main vector species called Triatoma infestans, persist or are reappearing in human habitat. How can this phenomenon be explained? IRD researchers and their partners have just shown that populations of this species that normally live in nature are recolonizing peridomestic areas...
Wild fleas transmit Chagas' disease in some regions of Latin America
Published on June 25, 2014 at 5:32 AM ?
For 10 years, major fumigation campaigns in the villages have eliminated the fleas that transmit Chagas' disease in many Latin American countries. But, in several regions, these insects, including those that are the main vector species called Triatoma infestans, persist or are reappearing in human habitat. How can this phenomenon be explained? IRD researchers and their partners have just shown that populations of this species that normally live in nature are recolonizing peridomestic areas...