Title |
A simple, biologically sound, and potentially useful working classification of Chagas disease vectors
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Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, October 2016
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DOI | 10.1590/0074-02760160203 |
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Authors |
Fernando Abad-Franch |
Abstract |
Current working classifications of Chagas disease vectors rely on a loose mix-up of biological and operational matters. They are therefore confusing and ineffective. I propose a very simple classification that makes biological sense and can be operationally useful. It considers a four-level hierarchy of species (which can be native or non-native); populations (either wild or non-wild); infestation foci (natural, domestic or peridomestic); and individual bugs (which can be solitary house-invaders or part of a hidden infestation focus). This classification translates into a clear, algorithmic scheme for triatomine control-surveillance that may be useful at every operationally relevant scale, from multi-country initiatives to on-site control-surveillance action. |
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Argentina | 1 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Researcher | 5 | 21% |
Other | 4 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 17% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 8% |
Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 8% |
Other | 2 | 8% |
Unknown | 5 | 21% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 38% |
Environmental Science | 2 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 8% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 8% |
Social Sciences | 1 | 4% |
Other | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 7 | 29% |