Occurrence of Panstrongylus lutzi, in peridomiciliary areas, State of Ceará, Brazil

From January 2001 to October 2002 captures were made in domicile and peridomiciliary areas of 13 cities of region of Cariri, south of the State of Ceará. As results, the occurrence of P. lutzi in this area was noticed, for the first time, in three cities:the presence of one adult in chicken house in...

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Authors: Freitas, Simone Patrícia Carneiro, Freitas, Assilon Lindoval Carneiro, Gonçalves, Teresa Cristina Monte
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2004
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repository:Revista de Saúde Pública
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/31761
Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31761
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Panstrongylus
Ecologia de vetores
Doença de chagas^i1^sprevenção e contr
Vectors ecology
Chagas disease^i2^sprevention and cont
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Summary:From January 2001 to October 2002 captures were made in domicile and peridomiciliary areas of 13 cities of region of Cariri, south of the State of Ceará. As results, the occurrence of P. lutzi in this area was noticed, for the first time, in three cities:the presence of one adult in chicken house in Altaneira, one adult flying, in Salitre and 18 nymphs in Varzea Alegre(13 in bricks pile and five in roofing tile pile). In Varzea Alegre city it was observed the colonization in the peridomicile.