[Feeding sources evaluation of Panstrongylus lutzi (Neiva & Pinto, 1923) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in the State of Ceará].
The authors used precipitin technique to detect the feeding sources of Panstrongylus lutzi (Neiva & Pinto, 1923) in 20 municipalities of Ceará State, Brazil. The results detected the presence of blood from eight different blood sources and mixed feedings, demonstrating that Panstrongylus lutzi is an eclectic species. High infection rates for Trypanosoma like-cruzi were detected.
Caranha
Lindembergh
L
Núcleo de Controle de Endemias Transmissíveis por Vetores, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde, Fortaleza, CE.
Lorosa
Elias Seixas
ES
Rocha
Dayse da Silva
Dda S
Jurberg
José
J
Galvão
Cleber
C
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010203:Panstrongylus / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi