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Ecology of Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatomina...
Dias, Fernando Braga Stehling; Quartier, Marion; Diotaiuti, Liléia; Mejía, Guy; Harry, Myriam; Lima, Anna Carolina Lustosa; Davidson, RobertBackground: The rising number of acute cases of Chagas disease in the State of Pará, reported in the past two decades, has been associated, in part, with the ingestion of juice of local palm tree fruits, mainly açaí berry and bacaba. Near the study area, in Santarém, Pará State, an outbreak of Chagas disease has been notified and investigations suggest the consumption of bacaba juice as the main source of infec...
The exotic palm Roystonea oleracea (Jacq.) O. F. cook as a rural biotype for Rh...
Vianna, Elisa Neves; Andrade, Andrey José de; Dias, Fernando Braga Stehling; Diotaiuti, LiléiaIntroductionRhodnius neglectus is a triatomine that colonizes different palm species. In this study, we aimed to describe the presence of this triatomine bug in the royal palms (Roystonea oleracea) in a rural region of the State of Goiás.MethodsPalm infestation was investigated by dissecting the palms or by using live-bait traps.ResultsTwo palm trees were infested by R. neglectusnegative for Trypanosoma cruzi, ...
First report on the occurrence of Trypanosoma rangeli Tejera, 1920 in the state...
Dias, Fernando Braga Stehling; Diotaiuti, Liléia Gonçalves; Romanha, Alvaro José; Bezerra, Cláudia Mendonça; Machado, Evandro Marques de MenezesThe aim of this work was to identify and report the occurrence of Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi in naturally infected Rhodnius nasutus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Triatomines feces, salivary glands, and hemolymph were collected for fresh examination, and specific detection of T. rangeli and T. cruzi DNA by polymerase chain reaction was carried out. The specifi...
Influence of the palm tree species on the variability of Rhodnius nasutus Sta˚ ...
Dias, Fernando Braga Stehling; Paula, Alexandre Silva de; Belisário, Carlota Josefovicz; Lorenzo, Marcelo Gustavo; Bezerra, Cláudia MendonçaThis work evaluated the occurrence and genetic structure of Rhodnius nasutus sampled in two sites using morphometry and microsatellites. These sites, presented distinct abiotic features and palm trees: (i) nine Attalea speciosa palm trees, so called babacu, were sampled from the Meruoca Mountain Ridge, a sloping region of reminiscent forest in the state of Ceara´ , Brazil, and (ii) 17 Copernicia pruniferapalm t...
Ecological aspects of Rhodnius nasutus St l, 1859 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triat...
Dias, Fernando Braga Stehling; Bezerra, Cláudia Mendonça; Machado, Evandro Marques de Menezes; Casanova, Cláudio; Diotaiuti, Liléia GonçalvesThe aim of this work is to present aspects related to the ecology of Rhodnius nasutus Stål, 1859 in palms from Chapada do Araripe in Ceará, Brazil. The following five species of palms were investigated: babaçu (Attalea speciosa), buriti (Mauritia flexuosa), carnaúba (Copernicia prunifera), catolé (Syagrus oleracea) and macaúba-barriguda (Acrocomia intumescens). Fifth palms were dissected (10 specimens for each ...