Geographical distribution update of Triatoma dispar (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in Ecuador.

Were recorded for the first time Triatoma dispar species at an altitude of 1,200 masl in Milpe km 90, Canton San Miguel de los Bancos, Province of Pichincha and its geographical distribution is updated in Ecuador. Triatomines were collected during a sandflies study (Leishmania vectors) in peridomest...

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Autores:
Vaca Moyano, Franklin
Enríquez, Sandra
Arrivillaga Henríquez, Jazzmin
Villacrés Guevara, Ernesto
Araujo, Pablo
Benítez Ortíz, Washington
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad del Valle
Repositorio:
Repositorio Digital Univalle
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.univalle.edu.co:10893/20636
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/10893/20636
Palabra clave:
Estribaciones andinas
Chinches
Mal de chagas
Chinchorros
Slopes Andean
Assassin bugs
Chagas disease
Rights
openAccess
License
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
Description
Summary:Were recorded for the first time Triatoma dispar species at an altitude of 1,200 masl in Milpe km 90, Canton San Miguel de los Bancos, Province of Pichincha and its geographical distribution is updated in Ecuador. Triatomines were collected during a sandflies study (Leishmania vectors) in peridomestic areas and forest remnants. Milpe km 90 did not present clinical evidence or transmission of the Chagas disease or enzootic circulation of Trypanosoma cruzi; however is in an area of high epidemiological risk. The present work contributes to the inventory of the Ecuador triatomine fauna and updating geographical distribution of T. dispar, a wild species with vectorial potential, which has already colonized domestic and peridomestic environments in Esmeraldas and Loja.