First report of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and Rondônia, Amazon, Brazil

Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T17:49:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-06-01 Programa Pesquisa Para o SUS: Gestao Compartilhada em Saude (PPSUS) Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Acre (FAPAC) Introduction: This article reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Panstrongylus megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.& para;& para;Methods: Specimens of P. megistus were collected in the cities of Rio Branco, Acre and Extrema, Rondonia.& para;& para;Results: The number of triatomine species in the State of Acre increased from eight to nine and in Rondonia from seven to eight. This was also the first report of P. megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.& para;& para;Conclusion The occurrence of P. megistus in the Western Amazon evidences an epidemiological alert, since it is an important vector of T. cruzi. Univ Fed Acre, Ctr Hlth Sci & Sports, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil Univ Fed Acre, Stricto Sensu Grad Program Hlth Sci Western Amazo, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil State Dept Hlth, Dept Entomol, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil State Univ Sao Paulo Julio Mesquita Filho, Fac Pharmaceut Sci, Dept Biol Sci, Araraquara, SP, Brazil State Univ Sao Paulo Julio Mesquita Filho, Stricto Sensu Grad Program Biosci & Biotechnol, Araraquara, SP, Brazil Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biomed Sci 5, Monte Negro, Rondonia, Brazil Univ Ctr Sao Lucas, Dept Med, Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil Ctr Res Trop Med, Porto Velho, Rondonia, Portugal Univ Fed Acre, Sricto Sensu Postgrad Program Sci Innovat & Tecno, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil Univ Fed Acre, Coll Applicat, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil State Univ Sao Paulo Julio Mesquita Filho, Fac Pharmaceut Sci, Dept Biol Sci, Araraquara, SP, Brazil State Univ Sao Paulo Julio Mesquita Filho, Stricto Sensu Grad Program Biosci & Biotechnol, Araraquara, SP, Brazil Programa Pesquisa Para o SUS: Gestao Compartilhada em Saude (PPSUS): 001/2015 Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Acre (FAPAC): 001/2016