[Focus of Chagas disease in São Fidélis, in the State of Rio de Janeiro].
Four specimens of Triatoma vitticeps and one of Panstrongylus geniculatus were caught inside a home in the municipality of São Fidélis, Rio de Janeiro. One of the specimens of Triatoma vitticeps proved positive for infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. Two people living in that home (one adult and one adolescent) presented positive serology.
Lorosa
Elias Seixas
ES
Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro. lorosa@ioc.fiocruz.br
Santos
Carolina Magalhães dos
CM
Jurberg
José
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D010203:Panstrongylus / Q000469:parasitology*; D014224:Triatoma / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification*
Foco de doença de Chagas em São Fidélis, no estado do Rio de Janeiro.