Infestation of peridomestic Attalea phalerata palms by Rhodnius stali, a vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Alto Beni, Bolivia

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidad Mayor de San Simon. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Interación Social. Cochabamba, Bolívia / UR 016. Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement. Montepellier, France.
Ministerio de Salud y Deportes. Programa Nacional de Control de Chagas. La Paz, Bolívia.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

To determine (i) whether peridomestic Attalea phalerata palms in fragmented human-occupied areas of the Alto Beni, Bolivia, are infested by triatomines; (ii) the specific status of triatomines captured in the area; and (iii) the rate of natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection among those triatomines.

Keywords in Portuguese

Rhodnius stali
Doença de Chagas
Citocromos b
Taxonomia molecular

Keywords

Rhodnius stali
Chagas Disease
cytochrome B
ITS-2
molecular taxonomy

Publisher

Wiley

Citation

JUSTI, S. A. et al. Infestation of peridomestic Attalea phalerata palms by Rhodnius stali, a vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Alto Beni, Bolivia. Tropical Medicine and International Health, v. 15, n. 6, p. 727-732, June 2010.

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02527.x

ISSN

1360-2276

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/30433

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2030-01-01

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