| an outbreak of acute chagas's disease in the são francisco valley region of bahia, brazil: triatomine vectors and animal reservoirs of trypanosoma cruzi. | following reports of an unusually high incidence of acute chagas's disease and the appearance of large numbers of triatoma infestans in the southwestern region of the state of bahia, triatomine bugs (hemiptera: reduviidae) and domestic animals in one of the affected communities were surveyed and examined for infection with trypanosoma cruzi. triatoma infestans was prevalent in houses and was also found in peridomestic habitats. t. sordida and t. pseudomaculata occupied peridomestic and sylvatic ... | 1979 | 120045 |
| an outbreak of chagas' disease in southwestern bahia, brazil. | an outbreak of 20 cases of acute chagas' disease followed the movement of triatoma infestans into the county of riacho de santana, bahia, brazil. the outbreak was unusual in that the majority of cases occurred in adults. vector control measures were implemented. three years after the outbreak, a rural community was examined to determine the extent of human infection and disease due to trypanosoma cruzi. ninety of 440 residents (20.5%) had serologic evidence of infection, but rates of electrocard ... | 1986 | 3094393 |