Profile of the Trypanosoma cruzi vector infestation in Jaboticatubas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

This work aimed to analyze the triatomine infestation scenario in Jaboticatubas after 30 years of the uninterrupted actions of the Program of Chagas Disease Control. From 2007 to 2010, household unit infestation was researched, and an exploratory analysis of the localities infested with Panstrongylu...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2013-11, Vol.46 (6), p.779-782
Main Authors: Belisário, Carlota Josefovicz, Dias, João Victor Leite, Diotaiuti, Liléia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Brazil
Chagas Disease - transmission
Disease control
Epidemiology
Households
Housing
Humans
Infestation
Insect Control
Insect Vectors - parasitology
Panstrongylus - parasitology
Panstrongylus megistus
Population Surveillance
Residential areas
Spatial analysis
Tropical diseases
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Trypanosoma cruzi - isolation & purification
Vector-borne diseases
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Summary:This work aimed to analyze the triatomine infestation scenario in Jaboticatubas after 30 years of the uninterrupted actions of the Program of Chagas Disease Control. From 2007 to 2010, household unit infestation was researched, and an exploratory analysis of the localities infested with Panstrongylus megistus was performed. In total, 613 triatomines were captured in 78 households, the majority of which were Panstrongylus megistus and were captured mainly in chicken houses, but they were also found to be colonizing human houses. The epidemiological importance of Panstrongylus megistus was confirmed in Jaboticatubas, and capability to colonize indoors has been demonstrated, as has its proximity to humans. Its distribution is aggregated in the northern and in central-eastern regions of the municipality.
ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
1678-9849
0037-8682
DOI:10.1590/0037-8682-1712-2013