Domiciliation Trend of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Colombia
ABSTRACT: The present paper presents evidence of the domiciliation of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in La Gardenia, Colombia through the collection of 2 unhatched eggs, 81 nymphs and 10 adults (4 males and 6 females), from 2 rural houses. The transmission risk indicators of Trypanosoma cruzi by P....
- Autores:
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Wolff Echeverri, Marta Isabel
Castillo Patiño, Diana
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2002
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/23667
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10495/23667
- Palabra clave:
- Triatominae
Colombia
Domiciliation
Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/
| Summary: | ABSTRACT: The present paper presents evidence of the domiciliation of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in La Gardenia, Colombia through the collection of 2 unhatched eggs, 81 nymphs and 10 adults (4 males and 6 females), from 2 rural houses. The transmission risk indicators of Trypanosoma cruzi by P. rufotuberculatus in La Gardenia, were: domiciliary infestation 7.5%, density 2.35, colonization 66.6%, overcrowding 31.33, natural infection 4.6%, and relative infection 2.5%. These results and findings in Peru and Argentina, show that P. rufotuberculatus has a potential success in domiciliation and could some day become an alternate vector of American trypanosomiasis. |
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