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

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 182; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.02.032

ISSN

1873-6254

Autores

Mariane Albuquerque Lima Ribeiro, Gabriela Vieira de Souza Castro, Janis Lunier de Souza, Cláudio Rodrigues de Souza, Leandro José Ramos, Jader de Oliveira, João Aristeu da Rosa, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti,

Tópico(s)

Nematode management and characterization studies

Resumo

This article reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Panstrongylus megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.Specimens of P. megistus were collected in the cities of Rio Branco, Acre and Extrema, Rondônia.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.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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