%0 Journal Article
%T Persistence of Chagas disease active transmission among dogs in Venezuela rural community
%A Rodr¨ªguez-Bonfante
%A Claudina del Carmen
%A Rojas
%A Mar¨ªa Elena
%A Aldana
%A Elis
%A Concepci¨®n
%A Juan Luis
%A Bonfante-Cabarcas
%A Rafael Armando
%J Revista Costarricense de Salud P¨²blica
%D 2011
%I Asociaci¨®n Costarricense de Salud P¨²blica
%X objective: to determine human and canine seroprevalence, entomologic indexes and risk factors for chagas¡¯ disease transmission in a rural community.  method: 48 houses, 162 people, and 55 canines were sampled. serum anti-trypanosoma cruzi antibodies were determined by means of elisa and maba techniques using recombinant antigens. triatomine collection were carried out by passive search by community and an active/systematic house, t. cruzi infection was determined by direct microcopy.  results: 2,47% of the humans and 18.18% of the canines were positive to serum anti-t.cruzi antibodies. the triatomine bugs found was 98.24% and 1.76% eratyrus mucronatus. vector¡¯s indexes were: 0 % vector infection, 18.75% indoor house infestation, 25% outdoor house infestation, 0% indoor house colonization, 83.33 % outdoor house colonization and 4.16% house co-infestation. we obtained an association between house triatomine infestation and visualization of wild animals in the house.  discussion: there are not vector transmission of chagas disease in the community, however, high dog¡¯s prevalence is related to their biological habits and behavior
%K chagas disease
%K trypanosomiasis
%K seroepidemiologic studies
%K dog disease
%K venezuela.
%U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1409-14292011000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en