Community Participation in Chagas Disease Vector Surveillance: Systematic Review
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001207
- PMID
- 21713022
- PMCID
- PMC3119642
- OpenAlex
- W1970369471
- Study type
- Systematic review
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
Community participation should become a strategic component of Chagas disease surveillance. Only professional insecticide spraying appears consistently effective at eliminating infestation foci, and stakeholder involvement throughout the process would likely strengthen participation-based strategies.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The study systematically reviewed whether community participation and vector-detection devices enhance entomological surveillance for Chagas disease vectors.
Study design
Systematic review searching multiple databases (Medline, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, LILACS, SciELO) plus bibliographies and authors' records. Data on vector control and surveillance interventions were extracted by two reviewers, with re-analysis of studies comparing detection methods when possible.
Population and setting
Studies conducted across Latin America addressing household reinfestation by triatomine vectors of Chagas disease.
Main findings
Professional insecticide-based vector control proved highly effective, but reinfestation by native triatomines was common and widespread. Bug notification by householders significantly increased vector detection compared to active searches or vector-detection devices, which performed poorly. Most results depended on study- and site-specific conditions, preventing meta-analysis.
Public-health relevance
Community participation should become a strategic component of Chagas disease surveillance. Only professional insecticide spraying appears consistently effective at eliminating infestation foci, and stakeholder involvement throughout the process would likely strengthen participation-based strategies.
Important limitations
Study- and site-specific conditions prevented meta-analysis of most results. This summary is limited to the supplied single-article abstract and metadata; the original paper is required for decision-grade interpretation of methodology, risk-of-bias assessment, and full results.
GIDS interpretation
This systematic review is discoverable through disease (Chagas disease), topic (Surveillance, Transmission dynamics, Climate and environment), and study-type filters. It provides context on surveillance methods but does not represent a live surveillance signal or outbreak report.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 6 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.