First report of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and Rondônia, Amazon, Brazil.

Autor: Ribeiro Castro MAL; Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil; Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Health Science in Western Amazon, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil., de Souza Castro GV; Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil; Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Health Science in Western Amazon, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil., de Souza JL; Department of Entomology of the State Department of Health, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil., de Souza CR; Department of Entomology of the State Department of Health, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil., Ramos LJ; Center for Health Sciences and Sports, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil., de Oliveira J; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of São Paulo Júlio of Mesquita Filho, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil; Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology, State University of São Paulo Júlio of Mesquita Filho, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil., da Rosa JA; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of São Paulo Júlio of Mesquita Filho, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil; Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology, State University of São Paulo Júlio of Mesquita Filho, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil., Aranha Camargo LM; Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Health Science in Western Amazon, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil; Institute of Biomedical Sciences-5, University of São Paulo, Monte Negro, Rondônia, Brazil; Department of Medicine, University Center São Lucas, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil; Center for Research in Tropical Medicine, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil., Meneguetti DUO; Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Health Science in Western Amazon, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil; Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Science, Innovation and Technology for the Amazon, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil; College of Application, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Electronic address: dionatas@icbusp.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta tropica [Acta Trop] 2018 Jun; Vol. 182, pp. 158-160. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 27.
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.02.032
Abstrakt: Introduction: This article reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Panstrongylus megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.
Methods: Specimens of P. megistus were collected in the cities of Rio Branco, Acre and Extrema, Rondônia.
Results: The number of triatomine species in the State of Acre increased from eight to nine and in Rondônia from seven to eight. This was also the first report of P. megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.
Conclusion: The occurrence of P. megistus in the Western Amazon evidences an epidemiological alert, since it is an important vector of T. cruzi.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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