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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2016
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- Correlation between infection rate of triatominies and Chagas Disease in Southwest of Bahia, Brazil: a warning sign? Eliezer A. da Silveira Israel S. Ribeiro Miguel S. Amorim Dalva V. Rocha Helder S. Coutinho Leandro M. de Freitas Laize Tomazi Robson A.A. da Silva Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) vector Infection Chagas disease Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas disease, caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi, has a wide distribution in South America, and its main method of control is the elimination of triatomines. It is presented here the geographic distribution and the rate of natural infection by T. cruzi of triatomines collected and evaluated from 2008 to 2013 in southwest of Bahia. Triatomines were captured in the intradomiciliary and peridomiciliary areas of five cities located in the southwest of Bahia state, identified, and analyzed for the presence of trypanosomatids in their feces. During the study period the number of patients suspected for acute Chagas disease was recovered from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN). 8966 triatomines were captured and identified as belonging to eight species. Twenty-six presented themselves infected, being Triatoma sordida the most abundant and with the highest percentage of infection by T. cruzi. Tremedal was the city with the highest number of cases of acute Chagas’ disease reported to SINAN. All cities showed triatomines infected with T. cruzi, so there is considerable risk of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in the southwestern Bahia state, evidencing the need for vector transmission control programs and preventive surveillance measures. 2016 artículo científico 0001-3765 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32748476030 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=327 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Ciências Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.88