Pesquisa sistemática positiva e relação com conhecimento da população de assentamento e reassentamento de ocupação recente em área de Triatoma sordida (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of domiciliary infestation by triatomine bugs on the degree to which inhabitants are aware of potential vector transmission of Chagas disease. Such recently constructed dwellings comprise housing groups classified as settlements and re-settlements, selected respectively in the municipalities of Euclides da Cunha Paulista and Paulicéia, São Paulo State, Brazil. Both municipalities are under the jurisdiction of the Presidente Prudente Health Administrative Region. Of the 319…