A simple method of tracking mammals and locating triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Amazonian forest.
A simple method of tracking mammals from capture points to their refuges was developed to study Trypanosoma cruzi reservoir-vector associations in Belém forest. A device containing a spool of fine line was carried by released mammals so that the line unwound under minimum tension as the animal proceeded and could be followed the day after release. Twenty-three triatomine bugs of five species were found with 3 of 15 mammals retrieved.
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D009893:Opossums; D014225:Triatominae; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi