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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 111, No. 11, 2016, pp. 703-706
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Bioline Code: oc16112
Full paper language: English
Document type: Short Communication
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 111, No. 11, 2016, pp. 703-706
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Triatoma maculata colonises urban domicilies in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
Ricardo-Silva, Alice; Gonçalves, Teresa Cristina Monte; Luitgards-Moura, José Francisco; Lopes, Catarina Macedo; Silva, Silvano Pedrosa da; Bastos, Amanda Queiroz; Vargas, Nathalia Coelho & Rosa-Freitas, Maria Goreti
Abstract
During a medical entomology course in Boa Vista, Roraima, colonies of Triatoma maculata closely associated
with pigeon nests were observed in concrete air-conditioner box located on the external plastered and cemented
walls of a modern brick-built apartment block. In only one eight-hole ceramic brick, located inside one air-conditioner
box, 127 specimens of T. maculata were collected. T. maculata is a recognised vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in
the surrounding area and its domiciliation increases the risk of Chagas disease transmission.
Keywords
Chagas disease; dispersal; artificial ecotope
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