%0 Journal Article
%T Aspectos operacionais do controle do Triatoma brasiliensis
%A Diotaiuti
%A Lil¨¦ia
%A Faria Filho
%A Osvaldo F.
%A Carneiro
%A Francisco C. F.
%A Dias
%A JoŁżo Carlos Pinto
%A Pires
%A Herton Helder R.
%A Schofield
%A Christopher J.
%J Cadernos de Sa¨˛de P¨˛blica
%D 2000
%I Escola Nacional de Sa¨˛de P¨˛blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0102-311X2000000800006
%X vector control strategies against indigenous species is not easy, due to their capacity to reinvade treated premises from sylvatic ecotopes. between august 1996 and december 1997 we conducted a study on reinfestation of houses after spraying in a county in the state of cear¨˘. of 277 houses examined, 113 (40.8%) were infested (21.7% intradomiciliary and 35.4% peridomiciliary). of the 433 triatominae collected, 207 were triatoma brasiliensis (49% of which intradomiciliary, with a mean of 1.8 insects/house) and 226 were triatoma pseudomaculata (97% peridomiciliary). the age structure of the two indicated a univoltine development cycle for t. brasiliensis and two cycles per year for t. pseudomaculata. four months after spraying with deltamethrin sc 25mg ia/m2, 9.7% of the houses were still positive, mainly with peridomestic infestations. intradomiciliary wall bioassays showed persistence of the insecticide up to 9 months after spraying. considering the high potential for recolonization of treated premises from sylvatic foci, we propose an operational strategy combining traditional evaluations and community-based surveillance with increased selective interventions and community education.
%K chagas disease
%K triatominae
%K vector control
%K insect vectors
%K prevention and control.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2000000800006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en