Table 1 Distribution of house infestation and abundance of Triatoma infestans according to type of environment, Avia Terai, 2015–2016
Environment | No. of dwellings registered | No. of dwellings not inspected | % dwellings infested by TMS (No. inspected) | Projected infestation (No. of infested dwellings) | Median bug abundance (IQR) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Closed/refused | Low-risk | Low-risk housesa | High-risk housesa | ||||
Rural | 308 | 16/16 | 0 | 0.0 (23) | 46.3(253) | 42.4 (131) | 11 (5–23) |
Peri-urban | |||||||
Established | 307 | 44/10 | 43 | 0.0 (61) | 38.3 (149) | 22.5 (69) | 7 (3–18) |
Recent urbanisations | 268 | 102/1 | 95 | 0.0 (45) | 0.0 (25) | 0.0 (0) | – |
Urban | 1413 | 346/17 | 634 | 0.0 (145) | 17.3 (271) | 4.5 (63) | 8 (2–16) |
Total | 2296 | 508/44 | 772 | 0.0 (274) | 31.7 (698) | 12.7 (291)b | 10 (4–19) |