Ecology of Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Attalea palm trees of the Tapajós River Region (Pará State, Brazilian Amazon)

Ecology of Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Attalea palm trees of the Tapajós River Region (Pará State, Brazilian Amazon)

Abstract Background 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...

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Main Authors: Fernando Braga Stehling Dias, Marion Quartier, Liléia Diotaiuti, Guy Mejía, Myriam Harry, Anna Carolina Lustosa Lima, Robert Davidson, Frédéric Mertens, Marc Lucotte, Christine A Romaña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-04-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Rhodnius robustus
Palm trees
Tapajós Region
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma rangeli
Amazon Region
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-154

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-154

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