Description of a newly discovered Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Foci in Ibipeba, State of Bahia, Brazil

作者：Araujo Renato Freitas^*; Mendonca Vagner Jose; da Rosa Joao Aristeu; Mendonca de Matos Jorge Fernando; Ribeiro Lima Sandra Cristina; de Araujo Figueiredo Maria Aparecida

来源：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014, 47(4): 513-516.

DOI：10.1590/0037-8682-0219-2013

• Triatoma infestans
• Chagas disease
• Triatominae

Inttoduction: Chagas disease transmitted by the Triatoma infestans was eradicated from Brazil in 2006. However, reports of triatomine foci threaten the control of Chagas disease. The goal of this study was to determine T. infestans foci in the City of Ibipeba, State of Bahia. Methods: Triatominae specimens were collected in Ibipeba and entomologic indicators were calculated using indices of domiciliary infestation, density, and colonization. Results: T. infestans foci was discovery in Ibipeba, State of Bahia. Approximately 95% of the specimens were discovered inside dwellings, of which 34% were T. infestans. This species was also discovered forming a colony in tree bark in the peridomicile. Conclusions: Triatoma infestans foci in peridomestic ecotopes in Ibipeba, BA, indicate increased the risk of transmission Chagas disease.

• 出版日期2014-8
• 单位Univ Estadual Paulista