Initial report of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Roraima, western Amazon state, Brazil

ABSTRACT Background: This study is the first report of the species Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Roraima, a state in northern Brazil. Methods: We collected specimens from a residence in the municipality of Rorainópolis. Results: Our findings confirmed the occurrence of this species in Roraima, i...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Éder dos Santos Souza, Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti, Cleber Galvão, Vinicius Fernandes de Paiva, Izabele de Souza Guimarães, Ágata Cristian Lima da Silva, Gabriela Maciel Alencar, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2022
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Disease vectors
Reduviidae
Triatominae
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0113-2022
https://doaj.org/article/7693eb79ca094222a6b4645993cce0f0
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Summary:ABSTRACT Background: This study is the first report of the species Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Roraima, a state in northern Brazil. Methods: We collected specimens from a residence in the municipality of Rorainópolis. Results: Our findings confirmed the occurrence of this species in Roraima, increasing the number of registered species from six to seven. Conclusions: Future studies are required to further investigate and expand our knowledge of the occurrence of this species and its epidemiological importance for this state.

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