Observations on the Domestic Ecology of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Triatominae)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

F Abad-franch²  Hm Aguilar V²  A Paucar C²  Es Lorosa¹  F Noireau¹ 

[1] ,Instituto 'Juan César García' Unidad de Medicina Tropical Quito,Ecuador

关键词: Rhodnius ecuadoriensis;    ecology;    feeding;    Chagas disease;    control;    Ecuador;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762002000200010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Rhodnius ecuadoriensis infests peridomiciles and colonises houses in rural southern Ecuador. Six out of 84 dwellings (7%) surveyed in a rural village were infested (78 bugs/infested domicile; 279 bugs were collected in a single dwelling). Precipitin tests revealed R. ecuadoriensis fed on birds (65%), rodents (31%), marsupials (8%), and humans (15%) - mixed bloodmeals detected in 37.5% of individual samples. Trypanosoma cruzi from opossums and rodents may thus be introduced into the domestic cycle. Wasp parasitoidism was detected in 6.5% of 995 R. ecuadoriensis eggs (only in peridomestic habitats). Control strategies should integrate insecticide spraying (indoors and peridomestic), better management of poultry, and housing improvements. A possible inefficacy of Malathion is reported.

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