title: Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1758 (Myrmecophagidae) and Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Triatominae) infection focus by Trypanosoma rangeli Tejera, 1920 (Trypanosomatidae) in Attalea phalerata Mart. ex Spreng (Arecaceae) palm tree in the Brazilian Amazon.
abstract: A sylvatic infection focus of Trypanosoma rangeli, whose cycle involves the anteater Tamandua tetradactyla and triatomine insect Rhodnius robustus was observed in a pasture-dominated landscape of the rural riparian community of São Tomé located along the Tapajós river in the municipal district of Aveiro (State of Pará, Brazil), the Brazilian Amazon region. During a field work campaign with the objective of Chagas disease diagnosis in the Tapajós region, an anteater and 31 triatomines were found inhabiting in the same Attalea phalerata palm tree crown. Collected triatomines were identified as R. robustus with morphological and molecular procedures. The analysis of infection by T. rangeli using the repetitive ARN nucleolar Cl1 (sno-RNA-Cl1) gene showed that 25 triatomines of all stages were infected by T. rangeli (total infection rate of 80.6%). Infection by Trypanosoma cruzi using mini-exon markers was not identified. Examination of the digestive content of the triatomines demonstrated that the only feeding source found was the anteater. These results demonstrate that T. tetradactyla can be an important reservoir for T. rangeli and a good vehicle of the parasite within the Brazilian Amazon region.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisa René Rachou, Av Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Braga Stehling
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quartier
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Romaña
authors.forename: Liléia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Diotaiuti
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D028023:Arecaceae; D001483:Base Sequence; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology*; D057509:Trypanosoma rangeli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004490:Xenarthra / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D045303:Cytochromes b