title: First report of Rhodnius montenegrensis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) infection by Trypanosoma rangeli.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study reports for the first time the infection of Rhodnius montenegrensis by Trypanosoma rangeli.
  
  
  METHODS
  The triatomines were manually collected in Attalea speciosa in the municipality of Buritis, Rondônia. The identification of the trypanosomatid species was confirmed by multiplex PCR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All of the collected triatomines were R. montenegrensis. The analysis confirmed that all of the adults were infected with the epimastigote form of T. rangeli.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report of a new vector of T. rangeli raises a warning for the State of Rondônia because the simultaneous presence of T. rangeli with T. cruzi in the same geographic region enables the occurrence of mixed infections in hosts and vectors, which complicates the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Meneguetti
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde, Faculdade de Educação e Meio Ambiente, Ariquemes, RO, Brazil.
authors.forename: Evanildo Bezerra
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campaner
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Monte Negro, RO, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luis Marcelo Aranha
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Camargo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000469:parasitology*; D057509:Trypanosoma rangeli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan