INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease transmitted by the Triatoma infestans was eradicated from Brazil in 2006. However, reports of triatomine foci threaten the control of Chagas disease. The goal of this study was to determine T. infestans foci in the City of Ibipeba, State of Bahia. METHODS: Triatominae specimens were collected in Ibipeba and entomologic indicators were calculated using indices of domiciliary infestation, density, and colonization. RESULTS: T. infestans foci was discovery in Ibipeba, State of Bahia. Approximately 95% of the specimens were discovered inside dwellings, of which 34% were T. infestans. This species was also discovered forming a colony in tree bark in the peridomicile. CONCLUSIONS: Triatoma infestans foci in peridomestic ecotopes in Ibipeba, BA, indicate increased the risk of transmission Chagas disease.
INTRODUCTION:Chagas disease transmitted by the Triatoma infestans was eradicated from Brazil in 2006. However, reports of triatomine foci threaten the control of Chagas disease. The goal of this study was to determine T. infestans foci in the City of Ibipeba, State of Bahia. METHODS: Triatominae specimens were collected in Ibipeba and entomologic indicators were calculated using indices of domiciliary infestation, density, and colonization. RESULTS:T. infestans foci was discovery in Ibipeba, State of Bahia. Approximately 95% of the specimens were discovered inside dwellings, of which 34% were T. infestans. This species was also discovered forming a colony in tree bark in the peridomicile. CONCLUSIONS:Triatoma infestans foci in peridomestic ecotopes in Ibipeba, BA, indicate increased the risk of transmission Chagas disease.
Authors: Gilmar Ribeiro; Carlos G S Dos Santos; Fernanda Lanza; Jamylle Reis; Fernanda Vaccarezza; Camila Diniz; Diego Lopes Paim Miranda; Renato Freitas de Araújo; Gabriel Muricy Cunha; Cristiane Medeiros Moraes de Carvalho; Eduardo Oyama Lins Fonseca; Roberto Fonseca Dos Santos; Orlando Marcos Farias de Sousa; Renato Barbosa Reis; Wildo Navegantes de Araújo; Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves; Mitermayer G Dos Reis Journal: Parasit Vectors Date: 2019-12-26 Impact factor: 3.876