Domiciliation trend of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Colombia.
The present paper presents evidence of the domiciliation of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in La Gardenia, Colombia through the collection of 2 unhatched eggs, 81 nymphs and 10 adults (4 males and 6 females), from 2 rural houses. The transmission risk indicators of Trypanosoma cruzi by P. rufotuberculatus in La Gardenia, were: domiciliary infestation 7.5%, density 2.35, colonization 66.6%, overcrowding 31.33, natural infection 4.6%, and relative infection 2.5%. These results and findings in Peru and Argentina, show that P. rufotuberculatus has a potential success in domiciliation and could some day become an alternate vector of American trypanosomiasis.
Wolff
Marta
M
Grupo Interdisciplinario de Estudios Moleculares, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. mwolff@matematicas.udea.edu.co
Castillo
Diana
D
D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission*; D003105:Colombia; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010203:Panstrongylus / Q000469:parasitology*; D011156:Population Density; D012424:Rural Population; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000502:physiology*