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SUBMITTER: Ribeiro G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6933904 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ribeiro Gilmar G Dos Santos Carlos G S CGS Lanza Fernanda F Reis Jamylle J Vaccarezza Fernanda F Diniz Camila C Miranda Diego Lopes Paim DLP de Araújo Renato Freitas RF Cunha Gabriel Muricy GM de Carvalho Cristiane Medeiros Moraes CMM Fonseca Eduardo Oyama Lins EOL Dos Santos Roberto Fonseca RF de Sousa Orlando Marcos Farias OMF Reis Renato Barbosa RB de Araújo Wildo Navegantes WN Gurgel-Gonçalves Rodrigo R Dos Reis Mitermayer G MG
Parasites & vectors 20191226 1
<h4>Background</h4>The identification of Trypanosoma cruzi and blood-meal sources in synanthropic triatomines is important to assess the potential risk of Chagas disease transmission. We identified T. cruzi infection and blood-meal sources of triatomines caught in and around houses in the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, and mapped the occurrence of infected triatomines that fed on humans and domestic animals.<h4>Methods</h4>Triatominae bugs were manually captured by trained agents from the ...[more]