Survey of Trypanosoma (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) Infection in Monte Negro Municipality, State of Rondônia, Western Amazon, with First Record of T. evansi in the state.

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Trypanosomes can infect humans and animals. This is the first record of the occurrence of Trypanosoma evansi in Rondônia. METHODS: Blood samples were collected from 7 dogs and 22 humans. Furthermore, triatomines and tabanids were collected. RESULTS: It was observed that 42.8%...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Adriana Benatti Bilheiro, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha Camargo, Tallita Beatriz de Oliveira Zamarchi, Caio Tonholo, Henrique Caetano Mingoranci Bassin, Israelita Tihara de Almeida Sussuarana, Augusto Loureiro Henriques, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019
Subjects:
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma evansi
Trypanosoma theileri
Chagas disease
Surra
Amazon
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Monte Negro
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0270-2019
https://doaj.org/article/486c7a9e9fbc485a9fbba21114cc5f28
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Summary:Abstract INTRODUCTION: Trypanosomes can infect humans and animals. This is the first record of the occurrence of Trypanosoma evansi in Rondônia. METHODS: Blood samples were collected from 7 dogs and 22 humans. Furthermore, triatomines and tabanids were collected. RESULTS: It was observed that 42.8% of the dogs tested positive for T. evansi and 14.3% presented mixed infection; 15% of the triatomines tested positive for flagellates identified as T. cruzi TCI (3 specimens), T. cruzi TCI, and T. rangeli (1 specimen), and one with T. cruzi TCV. Two tabanids were infected with T. theileri. CONCLUSIONS: These findings may benefit vector control strategies.

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