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Artigos • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 20 (1) • Mar 1987 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821987000100006   copy

Distribuição e índice de infecção natural de triatomíneos capturados na região de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

A collection of 36.406 bugs from the region of Campinas, São Paulo State, was made during the period of 1974-1981. Of the 33,131 examined, 3,176 (9.6%) were infected with T. cruzi. The majority (30,460 specimens) were collected in out buildings, 4,517 (12.4%) were collected from inside houses and 1,429 (3.9%) found in wild foci. The usual species found was Panstrongylus megistus (33,263 specimens), and this species had the highest infection rate with T. cruzi (10.3%).

Triatominae; Trypanosoma cruzi natural infection; Panstrongylus megistus; Triatoma infestans; Rhodnius neglectus

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