The ecology of Triatoma sordida in natural environments in two different regions of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

L. Diotaiuti²  C.f. Loiola¹  P.l. Falcão¹  J.c.p. Dias¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de ParasitologiaBelo Horizonte,Brazil

关键词: Triatoma sordida;    Natural ecotopes;    Triatomines;    Chagas' disease;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651993000300004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A study was undertaken about T. sordida in the natural environment in two different regions of the state of Minas Gerais: Itapagipe (Triângulo), an area of cerrado modified by the formation of fields of pasture and agriculture, and Mato Verde (north) an area of transition between caatinga and cerrado with profound deforestation in the last years due to the expansion of cotton cultivation. In both regions the principal ecotopes identified were hollow trees and the bark of live or dead trees, where the occurrence of a food source is not frequent. In this environment, the triatomines utilize various food sources; opposums appear to represent an important source of infection. In the north of Minas, a greater concentration of reservoirs and vectors was observed than in the Triángulo which could explain the higher level of infection of the triatomines in the north. Close attention to the process of domiciliation of T. sordida in the north of Minas is recommended where an extensive intervention by man in the natural environment has occurred and where a rise in the population of triatomines in the peridomestic environment has been observed in recent years.

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