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

• 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

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.