Occurrence of Panstrongylus lutzi, in peridomiciliary areas, State of Ceará, Brazil

Authors

  • Simone Patrícia Carneiro Freitas Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Departamento de Entomologia
  • Assilon Lindoval Carneiro Freitas Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Ceará; 20ª Célula Regional da Saúde
  • Teresa Cristina Monte Gonçalves Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Departamento de Entomologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102004000400015

Keywords:

Panstrongylus, Vectors ecology, Chagas disease^i2^sprevention and cont

Abstract

From January 2001 to October 2002 captures were made in domicile and peridomiciliary areas of 13 cities of region of Cariri, south of the State of Ceará. As results, the occurrence of P. lutzi in this area was noticed, for the first time, in three cities:the presence of one adult in chicken house in Altaneira, one adult flying, in Salitre and 18 nymphs in Varzea Alegre(13 in bricks pile and five in roofing tile pile). In Varzea Alegre city it was observed the colonization in the peridomicile.

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Published

2004-08-01

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 4 (2004)

Section

Brief Communications

How to Cite

Freitas, S. P. C., Freitas, A. L. C., & Gonçalves, T. C. M. (2004). Occurrence of Panstrongylus lutzi, in peridomiciliary areas, State of Ceará, Brazil . Revista De Saúde Pública, 38(4), 578-580. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102004000400015