Profile of the Trypanosoma cruzi vector infestation in Jaboticatubas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
BACKGROUND
This work aimed to analyze the triatomine infestation scenario in Jaboticatubas after 30 years of the uninterrupted actions of the Program of Chagas Disease Control.


METHODS
From 2007 to 2010, household unit infestation was researched, and an exploratory analysis of the localities infested with Panstrongylus megistus was performed.


RESULTS
In total, 613 triatomines were captured in 78 households, the majority of which were Panstrongylus megistus and were captured mainly in chicken houses, but they were also found to be colonizing human houses.


CONCLUSIONS
The epidemiological importance of Panstrongylus megistus was confirmed in Jaboticatubas, and capability to colonize indoors has been demonstrated, as has its proximity to humans. Its distribution is aggregated in the northern and in central-eastern regions of the municipality.
Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo HorizonteMG.
Carlota Josefovicz
CJ
Belisário
Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo HorizonteMG.
João Victor Leite
JV
Dias
Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo HorizonteMG.
Liléia
L
Diotaiuti
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007300:Insect Control; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D010203:Panstrongylus / Q000469:parasitology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification*