Fig 1.
Geographic location of the study site and adult cockroach specimens identified in the study.
(A) Map showing Guatemala (dark gray) and the study site location (white dot). (B). Map showing the study site location in the Retalhuleu department, Guatemala. (C) Periplaneta americana adult specimen. (D) Blatta orientalis adult specimen. (E) Blattella germanica adult specimen.
Table 1.
Generalized Linear Mixed Model analyses of household factors influencing cockroach abundance in a rural community in Guatemala. Delta AIC (ΔAIC) is the decrease in the Akaike’s information criterion (AIC) for the full model without that variable.
Table 2.
Abundance and prevalence of helminth parasites identified in Periplaneta americana from a rural Guatemalan community.
Fig 2.
Parasites identified in cockroach specimens under a stereoscopic microscope.
Microscopic view, objective 40X. (A) Hammerschmidtiella sp. adult. (B) Leidynema appendiculatum adult. (C) Anterior section of Thelastoma sp. adult (D) Detail of Protrellus eggs within a dissected specimen. (E) Egg of Trichuris sp. (F) Egg of Moniliformis moniliformis showing three characteristic hooks at the top left. Identification was based on diagnostic morphological characteristics following taxonomic references; no morphometric measurements were performed.