title: Triatoma maculata colonises urban domicilies in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil.
abstract: During a medical entomology course in Boa Vista, Roraima, colonies of Triatoma maculata closely associated with pigeon nests were observed in concrete air-conditioner box located on the external plastered and cemented walls of a modern brick-built apartment block. In only one eight-hole ceramic brick, located inside one air-conditioner box, 127 specimens of T. maculata were collected. T. maculata is a recognised vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in the surrounding area and its domiciliation increases the risk of Chagas disease transmission.
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemiptera, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ricardo-Silva
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemiptera, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Teresa Cristina Monte
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Roraima, Núcleo Observatório de Saúde de Roraima-ObservaRR, Boa Vista, RR, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Luitgards-Moura
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemiptera, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Catarina Macedo
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Entomologia do Distrito Sanitário Especial Indígena Yanomami, Boa Vista, RR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvano Pedrosa da
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemiptera, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Amanda Queiroz
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Saúde, Núcleo Estadual de Entomologia, Boa Vista, RR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nathalia Coelho
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria-Rosa Goreti
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Freitas
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission*; D010856:Columbidae / Q000469:parasitology; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D014224:Triatoma / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000502:physiology*; D014505:Urban Population