Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo, M., Leonardo, A. Ceballos, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gurtler. Active dispersal of natural populations of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in rural northwestern Argentina, Journal-of-Medical-Entomology. 2004; 41(4): 614-621. Click here for .pdf

Schachter-Broide, Judith, Jean Pierre Dujardin, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gurtler. Spatial structuring of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) populations from northwestern Argentina using wing geometric morphometry, Journal-of-Medical-Entomology. 2004; 41(4): 643-649. Click here for .pdf

Cecere MC, Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Gurtler RE, U Kitron. Spatio-temporal analysis of reinfestation by Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) following insecticide spraying in a rural community in northwestern Argentina, Am J Trop Med Hygiene. 2004; 71: 803-810. Click here for .pdf

Ceballos LA, Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Cecere MC, Marcet PL, and Gurtler RE. Feeding rates, nutritional status and flight dispersal potential of peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans in rural northwestern Argentina, Acta Tropica. 2005; 95: 149-159. Click here for .pdf

Gurtler, Ricardo E., Maria C. Cecere, Marta A. Lauricella, Rosario M. Petersen, Roberto Chuit, Elsa L. Segura, and Joel E. Cohen. Incidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among children following domestic reinfestation after insecticide spraying in rural northwestern Argentina, Am J Trop Med Hygiene. 2005; 73: 95-103. Click here for .pdf

Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M., Maria C. Cecere, Delmi M. Canale, Ricardo E. Gurtler, and Uriel Kitron. Spatiotemporal patterns of reinfestation by Triatoma guasayana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in a rural community of northwestern Argentina, Journal-of-Medical-Entomology. 2005; 42: 571-581.

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Marcet, P. L., T. Duffy, M. V. Cardinal, J. M. Burgos, M. A. Lauricella, M. J. Levin, U. Kitron, R. E. Gurtler, and A. G. Schijam. PCR-based screening and lineage identification of Trypanosoma cruzi directly from faecal samples of triatomine bugs from northwestern Argentina, Parasitology. 2006; 132: 1-9. Click here for .pdf

Marcet, P. L., T. Lehmann, G. Groner, R. E. Gurtler, U. Kitron, E. M. Dotson. Identification and characterization of microsatellite markers in the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2006; 6: 32-37. Click here for .pdf

Gurevitz, J. M., L. A. Ceballos, U. Kitron, and R. E. Gurtler. Flight initation of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) under natural climatic conditions, J Med Entomol. 2006; 43(2): 143-150. Click here for .pdf

Cardinal, M. V., R. Reithinger and R. E.. Gürtler. Use of an Immunochromatographic Dipstick Test for Rapid Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in Sera from Animal Reservoir Hosts. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2006; 44 (8): 3005–3007. Click here for pdf.

Cecere M.C., Vazquez-Prokopec G.M., Gürtler R.E., Kitron U. 2006. Reinfestation sources for Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans, Argentina. Emerging Infectious Diseases 12 (7): 1096-1102. Click here for pdf.

Ceballos L.A., Cardinal M.V., Vazquez-Prokopec G.M., Lauricella MA, Orozco MM, Cortinas R, Schijman AG, Levin MJ, Kitron U, Gürtler RE. 2006. Long-term reduction of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in sylvatic mammals following deforestation and sustained surveillance in northwestern Argentina. Acta Tropica 98 (3): 286-296. Click here for pdf.

Cecere MC, Vazquez-Prokopec G.M., Ceballos L.A., Gurevitz J.M., Zárate J.E., Zaidenberg M., Kitron U., and Gürtler R.E. 2006. Comparative trial of the effectiveness of pyrethroid insecticides against peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans in northwestern Argentina. Journal of Medical Entomology. 43: 902-909. Click here for pdf.

Vazquez-Prokopec G.M., Ceballos L.A., Marcet P.L., Cecere M.C., Cardinal M.V., Kitron U., Gürtler R.E. 2006. Seasonal variations in active dispersal of natural populations of Triatoma infestans in rural northwestern Argentina. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 20: 273-279. Click here for pdf.

Cardinal M.V., Castañera M.B., Lauricella M.A., Cecere M.C., Ceballos L.A., Vazquez-Prokopec G.M., Kitron U., and Gürtler R.E. 2006. A prospective study of the effects of sustained vector surveillance on Trypanosoma cruzi infection of dogs and cats in rural northwestern Argentina. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 75(4): 753-761. Click here for pdf.

Kitron U., Clennon J.A., Cecere M.C., Gürtler R.E., King C., Vazquez-Prokopec G.M. 2006. Upscale or downscale: applications of fine scale remotely sensed data to schistosomiasis in Kenya and Chagas disease in Argentina. Geospatial Health. 1: 49-58. Click here for pdf.

Gürtler, M.C. Cecere, M.A. Lauricella, M.V. Cardinal, U. Kitron And J. E. Cohen. 2007. Domestic dogs and cats as sources of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural northwestern Argentina. Parasitology. 134:69-82. Click here for pdf.

Zu Dohna H., Cecere M.C., Gürtler R.E., Kitron U, and Cohen J.E. 2007. Re-establishment of local populations of vectors of Chagas disease after insecticide spraying. Journal of Applied Ecology. 44: 220–227. Click here for pdf.

We held a special symposium at the 53rd American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygeine meeting in 2004. Presentations from this symposium can be viewed by clicking on the links below.

Symposium 70
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHAGAS DISEASE IN
NORTHERN ARGENTINA
Pasteur
Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8 AM – 9:50 PM

A comprehensive study of the eco-epidemiology of Chagas disease in rural communities in Santiago del Estero Province,Argentina includes geographic, molecular and morphometric studies of triatomine bug populations, patterns of reinfestation of domestic and peridomestic sites, and infection patterns of bugs, dogs and humans. All these data are integrated in a GIS and will be used to develop a spatially explicit model of transmission dynamics.

CHAIRS
Uriel Kitron
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

Ricardo E. Gurtler
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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