A voluntary use of insecticide treated nets can stop the vector transmission of Chagas disease.

Abstract:

:One of the stated goals of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases is the interruption of domiciliary transmissions of Chagas disease in the region of the Americas. We used a game-theoretic approach to assess the voluntary use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) in the prevention of the spread of infection through vector bites. Our results show that individuals behave rationally and weigh the risks of insect bites against the cost of the ITNs. The optimal voluntary use of ITNs results in predicted incidence rates that closely track the real incidence rates in Latin America. This means that ITNs are effective and could be used to control the spread of the disease by relying on individual decisions rather than centralized policies. Our model shows that to completely eradicate the vector transmission through the voluntary individual use of ITNs, the cost of ITNs should be as low as possible.

journal_name

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

authors

Han CY,Issa H,Rychtář J,Taylor D,Umana N

doi

10.1371/journal.pntd.0008833

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-11-03 00:00:00

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e0008833

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11

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1935-2727

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1935-2735

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PNTD-D-20-00952

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14

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