Triatominae fauna (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and the influence of climatic elements on their populations. Triatominae fauna: influence of climatic elements
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Introduction: The objective of this work was to study Triatomine fauna captured during the period from 2006–2014 in Mato Grosso do Sul and to investigate the influence of climatic elements on these populations by providing subsidies to guide vector control work in the state.
Methods: We verified the natural infection rate, the abundance of classes, constancy, frequency and dominance, and the influence of climatic factors on the frequency of triatomine.
Results: Of the 14,178 specimens collected, 2,118 (14.94%) were domiciliary, and 12,060 (85.06%) were peridomiciles. The rate of natural infection in Triatoma matogrossensis was 18.18%, followed by Rhodnius neglectus (0.46%) and Triatoma sordida (0.27%). Triatoma sordida was the most frequent species: constant, abundant and dominant. We observed the influence of climatic factors on the encounter of insects during the period from January to December and throughout the eight years of the study period. Climatic factors such as relative humidity affect the frequency of insects.
Conclusions: Although Mato Grosso do Sul is considered free of endemic vector transmission by Triatoma infestans, the persistent encounter vectors naturally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi remain worthy of attention, and the information in this work may improve actions to combat the vector in the state better selecting the periods and favorable environmental conditions for control using insecticides, ensuring greater efficiency and decreasing the possibilities of the vector triatomine becoming resistant to the chemical agent.
Keywords:
Triatomine, Trypanosoma cruzi, climatic elements
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COMINETTI, Marlon Cezar; ANDREOTTI, Renato.
Triatominae fauna (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and the influence of climatic elements on their populations..
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 9, n. 2, feb. 2021.
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24. Minter DM. Effects on transmission to man of the presence of domestic animals in infested householbs. In: Pan American Health Organization, editor. New approaches in America Trypanosomiasis research. Belo Horizonte, Brasil; 1975. pp. 330-337.
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34. Silva RA, Bonifácio PR, Wanderley DMV. Chagas' disease in São Paulo State: a comparative study between systematic search and inhabitants' report of bugs in the area under entomological surveillance. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1999; 3:653-659.
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36. Jaramillo N, Castillo D, Wolff ME. Geometric morphometric differences between Panstrongylus geniculatus from field and laboratory. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2002; 97:667-673.
37. Lent H, Wygodzinsky P. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas disease. Bull Am Mus Nat Hist. 1979; 163:123–520.
38. Miles MA, Souza AA, Póvoa MM. Chagas disease in the Amazon Basin III, Ecotopes of ten triatomine species (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) from the vicinity of Belém, Pará State, Brazil: J Med Entomol. 1981; 18:266–278.
39. Omah-Maharaj I. Studies on vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Trinidad, West Indies: Med Vet Entomol. 1992; 6:115–120.
40. Valente VC. Potential for domestication of Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in the municipality of Muaná, Marajó Island, State of Pará, Brazil: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1999; 94:399–400.
41. Valente VC, Valente SA, Noireau F, Carrasco HJ, Miles MA. Chagas disease in the Amazon Basin: Association of Panstrongylus geniculatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) with domestic pigs. J Med Entomol. 1998; 35:99–103.
42. Angulo VM, Gutiérrez R, Rubio I, Joya M, Arismendi M, Esteban L, et al. Triatomíneos domiciliados y silvestres: impacto en la transmisión de la enfermedad de Chagas em Santander. In: Angulo VM, editor. Control y manejo de la trypanosomiasis americana. Bucaramanga: Centro de investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales; 1999, pp. 72–76.
43. Reyes-Lugo M, Rodríguez-Acosta A. Domiciliation of the sylvatic Chagas disease vector Panstrongylus geniculatus Latreille, 1811 (Triatominae: Reduviidae) in Venezuela. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2000; 94:508.
44. Feliciangeli MD, Carrasco HN, Patterson JS, Suárez B, Martínez C, Medina M. Mixed domestic infestation by Rhodnius prolixus Stal, 1859 and Panstrongylus geniculatus Latreille, 1811, vector incrimination, and seroprevalence for Trypanosoma cruzi among inhabitants in El Guamito, Lara state, Venezuela. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004; 71:501–505.
45. Diotaiuti L, Dias JCP. Ocorrência and biologia de Rhodnius neglectus, Lent, 1954 em macaubeiras da periferia de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1984; 79:293-301.
46. Obara MT, Barata JMS, Rosa JA, Ceretti Junior W, Almeida PS, Gonçalves GA, et al. Description of the female and new records of Triatoma baratai Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to the species of the Triatoma matogrossensis subcomplex. Zootaxa. 2012; 3151:63–68.
47. Costa J, Almeida CE, Dotson EM, Lins A, Vinhares M, Silveira AC, et al. The Epidemiologic Importance of Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911 (Hemíptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) as a Chagas Disease Vector in Brazil: a Revision of Domiciliary Captures 1993-1999. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2003; 98:443-449.
48. Forattini OP. Ferreira OA, da Rocha and Silva EO, Rabello EX. Aspectos ecológicos da tripanossomíase americana. VI - Persistência do Triatoma sordida após alteração ambiental and suas possíveis relações com a dispersão da espécie. Rev Saude Publica. 1974; 8:265-82.
49. Juarez E; de Castro Silva EP. The behavior of Triatoma sordida under laboratory conditions. Rev Saude Publica. 1982; 16:1-36.
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