| [chagas disease: impact of triatoma infestans control program in alto del carmen, huasco province, iii region atacama, chile]. | a control program of triatoma infestans has been carried out in alto del carmen, an endemic chagasic rural county in the iii region, chile. the program started in 1988 with an attack phase consisting in a masshouse spraying with residual insecticide, followed by an entomological surveillance phase with health education for community participation and vector detection in eventually reinfested houses. a yearly evaluation in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 was carried out in order to determine the effect ... | 1996 | 9196951 |
| [current human and canine seroprevalence of chagasic infection in san pedro de atacama county, ii region of antofagasta, chile, 1995]. | in order to assess the impact of a control program against triatoma infestans launched in 1988, based on insecticide spraying of dwellings, a serological survey for chagasic infection was carried out during 1995 in three localities from san pedro de atacama county (22 degrees 55' south lat., 68 degrees 12' west long.), ii region of antofagasta in northern chile. blood samples from 531 children and adolescents and 65 dogs were subjected to elisa test and indirect immunofluorescent test for chagas ... | 1996 | 9302779 |
| [epidemiological status of chagas disease in the endemic area from region ii of antofagasta]. | during 1997 a seroepidemiological study on chagas' disease was carried out in 18 localities of three provinces (tocopilla, el loa and antofagasta) of region ii (20 degrees 56'-26 degrees south lat.; 70 degrees 38'-67 degrees west long.), in order to assess the impact of the control program against triatoma infestans launched in 1988, based on insecticide spraying of dwellings. by means of elisa and an indirect hemagglutination test for chagas' disease blood samples from 1,034 children under 10 y ... | 1999 | 10488587 |