Characteristics of Triatomine infestation and natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Characteristics of Triatomine infestation and natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION Natural and artificial ecotope infestation by the kissing bug triatomines and their colonization and infection by Trypanosoma cruzi , the Chagas disease agent, were evaluated in nine municipalities of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. METHODS Following identification...

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Main Authors: Andressa Noronha Barbosa-Silva, Antonia Cláudia Jácome da Câmara, Kiev Martins, Daniela Ferreira Nunes, Pedro Igor Câmara de Oliveira, Paulo Roberto Medeiros de Azevedo, Egler Chiari, Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2016-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Trypanosoma cruzi
Triatominae natural infection
PCR
Xenoculture. Direct microscopic examination.
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