Table 1 Optical microscopy (OM) slides examined to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in 841 triatomine bugs, central Brazil, 2012–2014. Fresh and Giemsa-stained slides were examined by entomological-parasitological routine surveillance (EPRS) and University of Brasília (UnB) staff in different combinations.

From: Surveillance of vector-borne pathogens under imperfect detection: lessons from Chagas disease risk (mis)measurement