Re-emerging threat of Trypanosoma cruzi vector transmission in El Salvador, update from 2018 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the late twentieth century, Chagas disease gained global attention to suppress the vector burden as a main control strategy in endemic countries. In Central America, multi-national initiative successfully achieved significant reduction in the estimated disease prevalence as well as elimination of the region's principal vector species at the time in 2012. While the last decade has witnessed significant changes in ecosystem-such as urbanization and replacement of the main vector species-that can possibly affect the vector's habitation and residual transmission, the up-to-date vector burden in the region has not been evaluated thoroughly due to the cessation of active vector surveillance. The aim of this study was to update the risk of vector-borne Trypanosoma cruzi i

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9361614 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature