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Parasite Paint
How keeping the blood-sucking triatomine bug out of Bolivian homes can protect residents from Chagas disease.
The Cure Last Modified: 04 Jun 2013 14:19
In the favelas and impoverished rural villages of Central and South America, the triatomine bug, known locally as vinchuca, lurks in the walls of many homes.
It approaches its human victims after dark and sucks their blood, transmitting the parasite responsible for Chagas disease...
...Spanish scientist Dr Pilar Mateo has developed a slow-release insecticidal paint which is proving remarkably successful in eliminating the triatomine bug, and preventing infections.
In this segment of The Cure, Dr Joff Lacey meets Dr Mateo in a Bolivian village where an estimated 80 percent of residents have Chagas.
And now that all the houses in the community have been painted, the deadly insect has been virtually eliminated...
(Click above for video report)
Parasite Paint
How keeping the blood-sucking triatomine bug out of Bolivian homes can protect residents from Chagas disease.
The Cure Last Modified: 04 Jun 2013 14:19
In the favelas and impoverished rural villages of Central and South America, the triatomine bug, known locally as vinchuca, lurks in the walls of many homes.
It approaches its human victims after dark and sucks their blood, transmitting the parasite responsible for Chagas disease...
...Spanish scientist Dr Pilar Mateo has developed a slow-release insecticidal paint which is proving remarkably successful in eliminating the triatomine bug, and preventing infections.
In this segment of The Cure, Dr Joff Lacey meets Dr Mateo in a Bolivian village where an estimated 80 percent of residents have Chagas.
And now that all the houses in the community have been painted, the deadly insect has been virtually eliminated...