Description of the feeding preferences of triatominae in the Chagas disease surveillance study for the State of Pernambuco, Brazil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

作者：Araujo Silva Maria Beatriz; de Menezes Kelly Reis; Guerra de Farias Maria Clara; Andrade Maria Sandra; Alves Victor Caio Cesar; Lorosa Elias Seixas; Jurberg Jose

来源：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2017, 50(4): 543-546.

DOI：10.1590/0037-8682-0334-2016

• Triatominae
• Food preferences
• Chagas disease

Introduction: Studying the feeding preferences of triatomines is an important entomological surveillance tool, since continuous surveillance of the disease is necessary. Methods: The precipitin reaction was used to describe the feeding preferences of triatomines along with their natural infection by flagellates similar to Tyrpanosoma cruzi. Six hundred eighty-seven insects were examined, including Triatoma brasiliensis, Triatoma pseudomaculata, and Panstrongylus lutzi. Results: Sixty-nine (10%) of 687 triatomines examined tested positive for flagellates similar to T. cruzi, and 8 (1.2%) of these fed on human blood. Conclusions: This study found potential transmitters of Chagas disease both inside and outside the domiciliar environment.

• 出版日期2017-8