Potencial de domiciliação de Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) no município de Muaná, Ilha de Marajó, nordeste do Estado do Pará, Brasil

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Epidemiological factors related to the transmission risk of Trypanosoma cruzi in a Quilombola community, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

“…Other studies have shown that this animal hosts the parasite [21][22][23] . The results indicate a low parasitemia because it was not possible to verify the infection by parasitological testing; only the molecular testing by PCR detected the parasite DNA.…”

Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil

“…Contamination is believed to be caused by triatomine stools on the fruit or insects inadvertently crushed during processing (10). There are no reports of collection of açaí for laboratory testing during an outbreak of acute Chagas disease.…”

Potential for domestication of Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) (Liemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the municipality of Muaná, Marajó Island, state of Pará, Brazil

“…The natural infection of domestic pigs with Z1 in sties colonized by P. geniculalus is a relevant finding, as well as being the first report of an association between triatomines and domestic animals in the Amazon Basin (Valente 1998).…”

“…The registered adaptability of P. geniculalus to swine and pigsties in the vicinity of human dwellings, in the floodplain, and their attack on people in houses, indicate that this could be a potential pathway to the domestication of this triatomine in the Amazon River delta (Valente 1998).…”