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Authors
Gonçalves, Raquel
Logan, Rhiannon A. E.
Ismail, Hanafy M.
Paine, Mark J. I.
Bern, Caryn
Courtenay, Orin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0188-6929
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (204350/2014-0)
Wellcome Trust
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Article History
Received: 3 October 2020
Accepted: 9 June 2021
First Online: 16 June 2021
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: The IRS campaigns were carried out by the local health workers as routine and as directed by the Chagas Disease Control Programme, Santa Cruz Administrative Department (<i>Servicio Departamental de Salud</i>—SEDES). Permission to accompany the IRS health workers to record their practices was authorized by SEDES and by the health authorities at provincial (<i>Red de Salud Cordillera,</i> Santa Cruz) and municipal (Secretary of Human Development, Camiri) levels, by the Guarani Indigenous District office (<i>Kaami Capitania</i>), and by the local community leader and steering committee (Itanambikua community). The purpose of the observing researcher’s presence was fully explained to householders who gave their verbal consent.
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: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
