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The Control of Chagas' Disease in Mambai', Brazil: The Initial Phases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

P.D. Marsden
P.D. Marsden*
Affiliation:
London
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NUCLEO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL E NUTRICAO, Universidade de Brasilia, 70910 Brasilia, DF, Brasil
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Abstract

The control of Chagas' disease depends on breaking contact between Man and vector organisms living in the house fabric; the primary method utilized is residual insecticide spraying of houses. Ministries of health in afflicted countries have elaborated standard procedures for such combat programs. The first two phases of such a program in Mambai', Goias', Brazil are described. In the third phase of vigilance, community participation is necessary to detect residual organism populations in houses. A house improvement scheme applied to houses with persistent infection, is recommended as being most practical at this time. [Infect Control 2(6):466-470, 1981.]

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Original Articles
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 2 , Issue 6 , December 1981 , pp. 466 - 470
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1981

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