title: Description of a newly discovered Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Foci in Ibipeba, State of Bahia, Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chagas disease transmitted by the Triatoma infestans was eradicated from Brazil in 2006. However, reports of triatomine foci threaten the control of Chagas disease. The goal of this study was to determine T. infestans foci in the City of Ibipeba, State of Bahia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Triatominae specimens were collected in Ibipeba and entomologic indicators were calculated using indices of domiciliary infestation, density, and colonization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  T. infestans foci was discovery in Ibipeba, State of Bahia. Approximately 95% of the specimens were discovered inside dwellings, of which 34% were T. infestans. This species was also discovered forming a colony in tree bark in the peridomicile.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Triatoma infestans foci in peridomestic ecotopes in Ibipeba, BA, indicate increased the risk of transmission Chagas disease.
authors.affiliation: Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiológica, Secretaria da Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Renato Freitas
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, SP, BRAZIL.
authors.forename: Vagner
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: José Mendonça
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, SP, BRAZIL.
authors.forename: João Aristeu da
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiológica, Secretaria da Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jorge Fernando Mendonça de
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.affiliation: Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiológica, Secretaria da Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sandra Cristina Ribeiro
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiológica, Secretaria da Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Araújo Figueiredo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006798:Housing; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D011156:Population Density; D012424:Rural Population; D014224:Triatoma / Q000145:classification*