Spatial prediction of risk areas for vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the State of Parana, southern Brazil.

ABSTRACT: After obtaining certification of the absence of transmission of the Trypanosoma cruzi by Triatoma infestans in 2006, other native species of protozoan vectors have been found in human dwellings within municipalities of the State of Paraná, Southern Brazil. However, the spatial distribution of T. cruzi vectors and how climatic and landscape combined variables explain the distribution are still poorly understood. The goal of this study was to predict the potential distribution of T. cruzi vectors as a proxy for Chagas disease transmission risk using Ecological Niche Models (ENMs) based on climatic and landscape variables. We hypothesize that ENM based on both climate and landscape variables are more powerful than climate-only or landscape-only models, and that this will be true independent o

SUBMITTER: Ferro E Silva AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221357 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature