High levels of human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi associated with the domestic density of infected vectors and hosts in a rural area of northeastern Argentina

Table 1 Seroprevalence of T. cruzi infection and demographic attributes according to the village of residence in Area I of Pampa del Indio, Chaco

Village group	No. of houses	% Creoles	% born after the intervention programme	% males	% ≤ 15 years-old	% houses with ≥ 1 infected person	No. of examined inhabitants	Human seroprevalence
Village group	No. of houses	% Creoles	% born after the intervention programme	% males	% ≤ 15 years-old	% houses with ≥ 1 infected person	No. of examined inhabitants	%	95% CI
10 de Mayo	28	15.6	3.1	43.8	51.0	67.9	96	47.9	38.2–57.8
SV-LL-BV-CV	39	100.0	5.6	47.8	52.2	74.4	161	42.2	34.9–50.0
3L-CO-H	19	19.4	11.1	45.8	50.0	73.7	72	44.4	33.5–55.9
CT-CHU-RI	52	72.4	7.5	49.1	52.6	73.1	228	39.9	33.8–46.4
Fortín Brown	16	87.7	3.5	40.4	54.4	56.3	57	22.8	13.7–35.3
LUG	22	100.0	5.2	55.8	48.1	68.2	77	32.5	23.0–43.6
Total	176	69.8	6.2	47.8	51.7	71.0	691	39.8	36.2–43.5

Abbreviations: SV El Salvaje, LL La Loma, BV Las Bravas, CV Los Ciervos, 3L Tres Lagunas, CO Colonia Ombú, H La Herradura, CT Campo los Toros, CHU Las Chuñas, RI Santa Rita, LUG Santos Lugares

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