title: [Feeding sources evaluation of Panstrongylus lutzi (Neiva & Pinto, 1923) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in the State of Ceará].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Controle de Endemias Transmissíveis por Vetores, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde, Fortaleza, CE.
authors.forename: Lindembergh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caranha
authors.forename: Elias Seixas
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lorosa
authors.forename: Dayse da Silva
authors.initials: Dda S
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jurberg
authors.forename: Cleber
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galvão
mesh_terms: 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