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Urbanization, land tenure security and vector-borne Chagas disease.
Levy, Michael Z; Barbu, Corentin M; Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo; Quispe-Machaca, Victor R; Ancca-Juarez, Jenny; Escalante-Mejia, Patricia; Borrini-Mayori, Katty; Niemierko, Malwina; Mabud, Tarub S; Behrman, Jere R; Naquira-Velarde, Cesar.
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  • Levy MZ; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru mzlevy@mail.med.upenn.edu.
  • Barbu CM; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru.
  • Castillo-Neyra R; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Quispe-Machaca VR; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru.
  • Ancca-Juarez J; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru.
  • Escalante-Mejia P; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru.
  • Borrini-Mayori K; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru.
  • Niemierko M; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru.
  • Mabud TS; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Behrman JR; Departments of Economics and Sociology and Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Naquira-Velarde C; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/University of Pennsylvania Chagas Disease Field Laboratory, Arequipa, Peru.
Proc Biol Sci ; 281(1789): 20141003, 2014 Aug 22.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24990681
Modern cities represent one of the fastest growing ecosystems on the planet. Urbanization occurs in stages; each stage characterized by a distinct habitat that may be more or less susceptible to the establishment of disease vector populations and the transmission of vector-borne pathogens. We performed longitudinal entomological and epidemiological surveys in households along a 1900 × 125 m transect of Arequipa, Peru, a major city of nearly one million inhabitants, in which the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of Chagas disease, by the insect vector Triatoma infestans, is an ongoing problem. The transect spans a cline of urban development from established communities to land invasions. We find that the vector is tracking the development of the city, and the parasite, in turn, is tracking the dispersal of the vector. New urbanizations are free of vector infestation for decades. T. cruzi transmission is very recent and concentrated in more established communities. The increase in land tenure security during the course of urbanization, if not accompanied by reasonable and enforceable zoning codes, initiates an influx of construction materials, people and animals that creates fertile conditions for epidemics of some vector-borne diseases.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Factores Socioeconómicos / Enfermedad de Chagas / Insectos Vectores Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Animals / Humans País/Región como asunto: America do sul / Peru Idioma: En Revista: Proc Biol Sci Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Perú Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Factores Socioeconómicos / Enfermedad de Chagas / Insectos Vectores Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Animals / Humans País/Región como asunto: America do sul / Peru Idioma: En Revista: Proc Biol Sci Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Perú Pais de publicación: Reino Unido