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domestic triatomines (reduviidae) and insect trypanosome infections in el salvador, c.a.

twenty-five salvadoran communities have been surveyed to learn more about the distribution of chagas' disease vectors and trypanosome parasites in that country. the results indicate that each of several factors--local variations in housing construction, insecticide applications, geographic elevation, and the vector species involved--can have a critical effect on transmission of the disease agent.