Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti1,2, Gabriela Vieira de Souza Castro2, Mariane Albuquerque Lima Ribeiro Castro2, Janis Lunier de Souza2, Jader de Oliveira3,4, João Aristeu da Rosa3,4, Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo2,5,6. 1. Colégio de Aplicação, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brasil. 2. Programa de Pós Graduação Stricto Sensu em Ciência da Saúde na Amazônia Ocidental, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brasil. 3. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil. 4. Programa de Pós Graduação Stricto Sensu em Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil. 5. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas-5, Universidade de São Paulo, Monte Negro, Rondônia, Brasil. 6. Departamento de Medicina, Faculdade São Lucas, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This paper reports, for the first time, the presence of Rhodnius stali in the state of Acre and in the Brazilian Amazon. METHODS: Specimens of R. stali were collected by the Federal University of Acre in Rio Branco. RESULTS: The number of Triatominae species in the State of Acre increased from five to six. This was also the first report of R. stali in the Brazilian Amazon. CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of R. stali is worrisome, since this species has been found naturally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi and there has been evidence of its domiciliation capabilities.
INTRODUCTION: This paper reports, for the first time, the presence of Rhodnius stali in the state of Acre and in the Brazilian Amazon. METHODS: Specimens of R. stali were collected by the Federal University of Acre in Rio Branco. RESULTS: The number of Triatominae species in the State of Acre increased from five to six. This was also the first report of R. stali in the Brazilian Amazon. CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of R. stali is worrisome, since this species has been found naturally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi and there has been evidence of its domiciliation capabilities.
Authors: Eder Dos Santos Souza; Noé Carlos Barbosa Von Atzingen; Maria Betânia Furtado; Jader de Oliveira; Juliana Damieli Nascimento; Daniel Pagotto Vendrami; Sueli Gardim; João Aristeu da Rosa Journal: Zookeys Date: 2016-10-03 Impact factor: 1.546
Authors: Adila Costa de Jesus; Fernanda Portela Madeira; Madson Huilber da Silva Moraes; Adson Araújo de Morais; Jader de Oliveira; João Aristeu da Rosa; Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo; Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti; Paulo Sérgio Berrnarde Journal: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Date: 2021-03-08 Impact factor: 1.581