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PUBLICATIONS

CHAGAS DISEASE

2019

Community-based surveillance and control of chagas disease vectors in remote rural areas of the Argentine Chaco: A five-year follow-up

Acta Tropica  |  DOI 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.12.038

María C. Cecere, Lucía I. Rodríguez-Planes, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler

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2016

Selective Insecticide Applications Directed Against Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Affected a Nontarget Secondary Vector of Chagas Disease, Triatoma garciabesi

Journal of Medical Entomology  |  DOI 10.1093/jme/tjv167

L. I. Rodríguez-Planes, G. M. Vazquez-Prokopec, M. C. Cecere, D. M. Canale, R. E. Gürtler

[Abstract]

 

2015

Chicken coops, Triatoma dimidiata infestation and its infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in a rural village of Yucatan, Mexic

Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo  |  DOI 10.1590/s0036-46652015000300015

Edgar Koyoc-Cardena, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Francisco Javier Escobedo-Ortegon, Jorge Carlos Rodriguez-Buenfil, Mario Barrera-Perez, Enrique Reyes-Novelo, Juan Chable-Santos, Celia Selem-Salas, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Pablo Manrique-Saide

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2014

Key Source Habitats and Potential Dispersal of Triatoma infestans Populations in Northwestern Argentina: Implications for Vector Control

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  |  DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003238

Ricardo E. Gürtler, María C. Cecere, María del Pilar Fernández, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo A. Ceballos, Juan M. Gurevitz, Uriel Kitron, Joel E. Cohen

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2014

Domestic Animal Hosts Strongly Influence Human-Feeding Rates of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in Argentina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  |  DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002894

Ricardo E. Gürtler, María C. Cecere, Gonzalo M. Vázquez-Prokopec, Leonardo A. Ceballos, Juan M. Gurevitz, María del Pilar Fernández, Uriel Kitron, Joel E. Cohen

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2013

Improved Chemical Control of Chagas Disease Vectors in the Dry Chaco Region

Journal of Medical Entomology  |  DOI 10.1603/me12109

Maria Cecere, Gonzalo Martín Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo Adrian Ceballos, Silvana Boragno, Joaquín E. Zárate, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler

[Abstract]

 

2012

Spatial Heterogeneity and Risk Maps of Community Infestation by Triatoma infestans in Rural Northwestern Argentina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  |  DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001788

Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Cynthia Spillmann, Mario Zaidenberg, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron

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2011

Hidden Sylvatic Foci of the Main Vector of Chagas Disease Triatoma infestans: Threats to the Vector Elimination Campaign? 

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  |  DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001365

Leonardo A. Ceballos, Romina V. Piccinali, Paula L. Marcet, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, M. Victoria Cardinal, Judith Schachter-Broide, Jean-Pierre Dujardin, Ellen M. Dotson, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler 

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2009
Cost-Effectiveness of Chagas Disease Vector Control Strategies in Northwestern Argentina
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  |  DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000363
Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Cynthia Spillman, Mario Zaidenberg, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2008
Environmental and demographic factors determining the spatial distribution of Triatoma guasayanain peridomestic and semi-sylvatic habitats of rural northwestern Argentina
Medical and Veterinary Entomology  |  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00746.x
Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Maria Cecere, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
Upscale or downscale: applications of fine scale remotely sensed data to Chagas disease in Argentina and schistosomiasis in Kenya
Geospatial Health  |  DOI 10.4081/gh.2006.280
Uriel Kitron, Julie A. Clennon, M. Carla Cecere, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Charles H. King, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec
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2006
A prospective study of the effects of sustained vector surveillance following community-wide insecticide application on Trypanosoma cruzi infection of dogs and cats in rural Northwestern Argentina
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene  |  DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.753
Marta V. Cardinal, Mónica B. Castañera, Marta A Lauricella, María C. Cecere, Leonardo A. Ceballos, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
Comparative Trial of Effectiveness of Pyrethroid Insecticides Against Peridomestic Populations of Triatoma infestansin Northwestern Argentina
Journal of Medical Entomology  |  DOI 10.1093/jmedent/43.5.902
Maria Cecere, Gonzalo Martín Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo Adrian Ceballos, Juan M. Gurevitz, Joaquín E. Zárate, Mario Zaidenberg, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
Seasonal variations in active dispersal of natural populations of Triatoma infestans in rural north-western Argentina
Medical and Veterinary Entomology  |  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00637.x
Gonzalo Martín Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo Adrian Ceballos, Paula L. Marcet, Maria Cecere, Marta Victoria Cardinal, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
Long-term reduction of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in sylvatic mammals following deforestation and sustained vector surveillance in northwestern Argentina
Acta Tropica  |  DOI 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.06.003
Leonardo Adrian Ceballos, Marta Victoria Cardinal, Gonzalo Martín Vazquez-Prokopec, Marta A Lauricella, Marcela Orozco, Roberto Cortinas, Alejandro Schijman, M.J. Levin, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2006
Reinfestation Sources for Chagas Disease Vector,Triatoma infestans, Argentina
Emerging Infectious Diseases  |  DOI 10.3201/eid1207.051445
María C. Cecere, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron
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2005
Feeding rates, nutritional status and flight dispersal potential of peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans in rural northwestern Argentina
Acta Tropica  |  DOI 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.05.010
Leonardo Adrian Ceballos, Gonzalo Martín Vazquez-Prokopec, Maria Cecere, Paula L. Marcet, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2005
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Reinfestation by Triatoma guasayana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in a Rural Community of Northwestern Argentina
Journal of Medical Entomology  |  DOI 10.1093/jmedent/42.4.571
Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Maria C. Cecere, Delmi M. Canale, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron
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2004
Spatio-temporal analysis of reinfestation by Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) following insecticide spraying in a rural community in northwestern Argentina
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene  |  DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.803
María C. Cecere, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron
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2004
Active Dispersal of Natural Populations of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Rural Northwestern Argentina
Journal of Medical Entomology  |  DOI 10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.614
Gonzalo Martín Vazquez-Prokopec, Leonardo Adrian Ceballos, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler
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2002
Seasonal variations of microclimatic conditions in domestic and peridomestic habitats of Triatoma infestans in rural northwest Argentina
Acta Tropica  |  DOI 10.1016/s0001-706x(02)00204-8
G.M. Vazquez-Prokopec, L.A. Ceballos, M.C. Cecere, R.E. Gürtler
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2002
Field trials of an improved cost-effective device for detecting peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in rural Argentina
Memórias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz  |  DOI 10.1590/s0074-02762002000700008
G.M. Vazquez-Prokopec, L.A. Ceballos, O.D. Salomon, R.E. Gurtler
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