First report of & IT;Panstrongylus megistus & IT; (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and Rondonia, Amazon, Brazil

dc.contributorUniv Fed Acre
dc.contributorState Dept Hlth
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributorUniv Ctr Sao Lucas
dc.contributorCtr Res Trop Med
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T17:49:11Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T17:49:11Z
dc.date.created2018-11-26T17:49:11Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-01
dc.identifierActa Tropica. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Bv, v. 182, p. 158-160, 2018.
dc.identifier0001-706X
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/164119
dc.identifier10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.02.032
dc.identifierWOS:000430520700022
dc.identifierWOS000430520700022.pdf
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: 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.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relationActa Tropica
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectTriatominae
dc.subjectChagas disease
dc.subjectAmazon
dc.titleFirst report of & IT;Panstrongylus megistus & IT; (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and Rondonia, Amazon, Brazil
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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