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First report of & IT;Panstrongylus megistus & IT; (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and Rondonia, Amazon, Brazil
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2018-06-01Registro en:
Acta Tropica. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Bv, v. 182, p. 158-160, 2018.
0001-706X
10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.02.032
WOS:000430520700022
WOS000430520700022.pdf
Autor
Univ Fed Acre
State Dept Hlth
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Univ Ctr Sao Lucas
Ctr Res Trop Med
Institución
Resumen
Introduction: This article reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Panstrongylus megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.& para;& para;Methods: Specimens of P. megistus were collected in the cities of Rio Branco, Acre and Extrema, Rondonia.& para;& para;Results: The number of triatomine species in the State of Acre increased from eight to nine and in Rondonia from seven to eight. This was also the first report of P. megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.& para;& para;Conclusion The occurrence of P. megistus in the Western Amazon evidences an epidemiological alert, since it is an important vector of T. cruzi.