[Occurrence of Panstrongylus lutzi, in peridomiciliary areas, State of Ceará, Brazil].
From January 2001 to October 2002 captures were made in domicile and peridomiciliary areas of 13 cities of region of Cariri, south of the State of Ceará. As results, the occurrence of P. lutzi in this area was noticed, for the first time, in three cities: the presence of one adult in chicken house in Altaneira, one adult flying, in Salitre and 18 nymphs in Varzea Alegre(13 in bricks pile and five in roofing tile pile). In Varzea Alegre city it was observed the colonization in the peridomicile.
Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Simone Patrícia Carneiro
SP
Freitas
Assilon Lindoval Carneiro
AL
Freitas
Teresa Cristina Monte
TC
Gonçalves
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D010203:Panstrongylus / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000502:physiology