Domiciliation Trend of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Colombia

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Marta Wolff¹  Diana Castillo¹ 

[1] ,University of Antioquia Grupo Interdisciplinario de Estudios Moleculares Medellín,Colombia

关键词: Triatominae;    domiciliation;    Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus;    Colombia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762002000300003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The present paper presents evidence of the domiciliation of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in La Gardenia, Colombia through the collection of 2 unhatched eggs, 81 nymphs and 10 adults (4 males and 6 females), from 2 rural houses. The transmission risk indicators of Trypanosoma cruzi by P. rufotuberculatus in La Gardenia, were: domiciliary infestation 7.5%, density 2.35, colonization 66.6%, overcrowding 31.33, natural infection 4.6%, and relative infection 2.5%. These results and findings in Peru and Argentina, show that P. rufotuberculatus has a potential success in domiciliation and could some day become an alternate vector of American trypanosomiasis.

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