Table 6. Participants and their roles in the community-based vector surveillance of Chagas disease in the 12 study areas in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

		Guatemala				El Salvador				Honduras
Department		Santa Rosa	El Progreso	Jutiapa	Jalapa	Santa Ana	Ahuachapán	Usulután	Sonsonate	Ocotepeque	Copán	Intibucá	Lempira
Municipality		Nueva Santa Rosa	Morazán	Comapa	San Pedro Pinula	Masahuat	Atiquizaya	Ozatlán	Acajutla	Nueva Ocotepeque	Copán Ruinas	Dolores	Santa Cruz
Health center		Ojo de Agua	Morazán	Comapa	San Pedro Pinula	Masahuat	Atiquizaya	Ozatlán	Metalio	San José de la Reunión	Rincón del Buey	Dolores	Santa Cruz
1. Health promotion	Clinical	NRS	NRS				PHS, NRS		PHS, NRS	NRS	PHS, NRS	PHS, NRS	PHS, NRS
	Operational	OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT		OPT	OPT
	Community	CHV								CHV	CHV	CHV	CHV
2. Bug detection	Clinical
	Operational
	Community	POP	POP	POP	POP	POP	POP	POP	POP	POP	POP	POP	POP
3. Bug report	Clinical
	Operational			OPT		OPT	OPT	OPT	OPT
	Community	CHV, POP	CHV, POP	CHV, POP	CHV, POP	POP	POP	POP	POP	CHV, POP	CHV, POP	CHV, POP	CHV, POP
4. Analysis, decision making and planning	Clinical	NRS	LAB						NRS	NRS	PHY		PHY
	Operational	OPT	OPT(D)	OPT	OPT(D)	OPT	OPT	OPT, OPT(D)	OPT, OPT(D)		OPT(D)	OPT	OPT(D)
	Community
5. Response to report	Clinical
	Operational	OPT	OPT(D)	OPT	OPT(D)	OPT	OPT	OPT(D)	OPT, OPT(D)		OPT	OPT	OPT(D)
	Community			POP		POP	POP	POP	POP	CHV	CHV	CHV	CHV

PHS = Physician, NRS = Nurse, LBT = Laboratory technicians, OPT = Operational technician of health center, OPT(D) = Operational technician of departmental health office, CHV = Community Health Volunteer, POP = Population