01637nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001653002200042653003100064653001200095653002500107653001900132100001600151700001400167700001400181700001600195700001500211700001600226700001500242700001600257700001400273700001600287245005500303856008900358300001300447490000700460520088000467       2016                            d10aTrypanosoma cruzi10aInfectious disease control10aEcuador10aDisease surveillance10aChagas disease1 aDumonteil E1 aHerrera C1 aMartini L1 aGrijalva MJ1 aGuevara AG1 aCostales JA1 aAguilar MH1 aBrenière F1 aWaleckx E1 aTanowitz HB00aChagas disease has not been controlled in Ecuador.  uhttp://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0158145.PDF  ae01581450 v113 a<p>A recent study by Cartelle Gestal et al. reported an analysis of data from the Ministry of Public Health on the epidemiological situation of neglected tropical diseases in Ecuador [<a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0158145#pone.0158145.ref001">1</a>]. Based on a misleading definition of Chagas disease cases not corresponding to that of the Ministry of Public Health [<a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0158145#pone.0158145.ref002">2</a>], the authors concluded that the government had mounted successful control campaigns, and as a result Chagas disease (among others) had been effectively controlled as no cases in children under age five had been reported since 2009. Ecuador is thus identified as one of the first countries to control Chagas disease.</p>