Colonization of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduvidae:Triatominae) in an urban area and its association with Didelphis marsupialis in the metropolitan region of São Paulo

Abstract INTRODUCTION: This communication reports the colonization of Panstrongylus megistus in an urban area of the municipality of Taboão da Serra in the metropolitan region of São Paulo. METHODS: After receiving a notification from the population, entomological research comprising active search, collection, identification, and examination of triatomines was conducted. Wild animals were captured and examined. RESULTS: A colony of triatomines was found to be associated with dogs in the backyard of the property. CONCLUSIONS: The colonization of P. megistus shows the potential for their occupation of artificial ecotopes, which may pose a risk to the human population.

Contribuição para o diagnóstico da doença de chagas pelas reações de imunidade: II: Isolamento de polissacarídeos, seu comportamento nas reações de fixação do complemento e de hipersensibilidade: os testes de floculação (sublimado e formol-gel) / Contribution to the diagnosis of Chagas disease by the reactions of immunity: II: isolation of polysaccharides, their behavior in the reactions of complement fixation and hypersensitivity: the flocculation tests (and sublimated formol gel)

Revisões históricas aos avanços científicos para o controle da doença, o Simpósio Internacional Comemorativo do Centenário da Descoberta da Doença de Chagas (1909-2009).