Comparison of techniques for detection of domestic infestations with Triatoma infestans in Brazil

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 75; no. 5; pp. 691 - 694
• Main Authors: Pinchin, R., Fanara, D.M., Castleton, C.W., Oliveira Filho, A.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 1981; Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Subjects: Animals; Brazil; Entomology - methods; Housing; Triatoma; Triatominae; Brazil

The detection of infestations of Triatominae in houses in regions endemic for Chagas's disease is a criterion frequently used in the selection of areas, or of individual houses, for treatment in insecticide campaigns as well as in the evaluation of insecticide performance. Several different met...