Leonardo Quinde-Calderón1, Paulina Rios-Quituizaca2, Luis Solorzano3, Eric Dumonteil3,4. 1. Programa Nacional de Chagas, Leishmaniasis y Oncocercosis, Ministerio de Salud Pública, Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. 3. Subproceso de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Guayaquil, Ecuador. 4. Laboratorio de Parasitología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales "Hideyo Noguchi", Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the current situation of Chagas disease in Ecuador and to evaluate the impact of vector control for the period 2004-2014. METHODS: Since 2004, the Ministry of Public Health has formalized activities for the surveillance and control of Chagas disease and we analyzed here available records. RESULTS: More than 200 000 houses were surveyed, and 2.6% were found to be infested (95% CI: 2.6-2.7), and more than 51 000 houses were sprayed with residual insecticide, with important yearly variations. A total of 915 cases of T. cruzi infection were registered. The Amazon region is emerging as a high priority area, where nearly half of T. cruzi infection cases originate. The costal region and the southern highland valleys remain important high-risk area. Vector control efforts over the past 10 years have been effective in the coastal region, where T. dimidiata predominates, and resulted in important reductions in house infestation indices in many areas, even reaching negligible levels in some parishes. CONCLUSION: Vector efforts need to be sustained and expanded for the elimination of T. dimidiata to be feasible. Novel vector control interventions need to be designed to reduce intrusion by several triatomine species present in the Amazon region and southern Ecuador. Strong political commitment is needed to sustain current achievements and improve the national coverage of these programmes.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the current situation of Chagas disease in Ecuador and to evaluate the impact of vector control for the period 2004-2014. METHODS: Since 2004, the Ministry of Public Health has formalized activities for the surveillance and control of Chagas disease and we analyzed here available records. RESULTS: More than 200 000 houses were surveyed, and 2.6% were found to be infested (95% CI: 2.6-2.7), and more than 51 000 houses were sprayed with residual insecticide, with important yearly variations. A total of 915 cases of T. cruzi infection were registered. The Amazon region is emerging as a high priority area, where nearly half of T. cruzi infection cases originate. The costal region and the southern highland valleys remain important high-risk area. Vector control efforts over the past 10 years have been effective in the coastal region, where T. dimidiata predominates, and resulted in important reductions in house infestation indices in many areas, even reaching negligible levels in some parishes. CONCLUSION: Vector efforts need to be sustained and expanded for the elimination of T. dimidiata to be feasible. Novel vector control interventions need to be designed to reduce intrusion by several triatomine species present in the Amazon region and southern Ecuador. Strong political commitment is needed to sustain current achievements and improve the national coverage of these programmes.
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