Reassessing the entomological investigation around the first autochthonous case of Chagas disease in Western Brazilian Amazon
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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104(1): 121-123, Feb. 2009. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
In 1979, the first autochthonous case of Chagas disease in the Western Brazilian Amazon was reported and an entomological survey was carried out around it. Specimens of Rhodnius pictipes and Rhodnius robustus were collected in intradomicile and sylvatic ecotopes. Adult bugs were infected with trypanosomatids. Invasion of houses by triatomines was demonstrated and the presence of infected bugs inside dwellings was associated with the possibility of vector-borne Chagas disease. Continuous entomological surveillance employing additional taxonomic tools is needed in the Brazilian Amazon in order to better understand the dynamics of house invasion by sylvatic triatomines and the risk of Trypanosoma cruzi infection transmission.
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Assunto principal:
Rhodnius
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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Doença de Chagas
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Habitação
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Insetos Vetores
Limite:
Animais
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Fiocruz/BR
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Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas/BR
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Universidade Federal do Amazonas/BR
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