| geographic distribution and morphometric differentiation of triatoma nitida usinger 1939 (hemiptera: reduviidae: triatominae) in guatemala. | triatoma nitida was found in 14 (0.4%) out of 3,726 houses located in six departments across guatemala, which were surveyed from 1994 to 1998 by the man-hour collection method. compared to previous information, the distribution of t. nitida in guatemala has increased from five to nine departments; the species is present in mild climates at altitudes from 960 to 1,500 m. fourteen percent of the intradomestic t. nitida were infected with trypanosoma cruzi. the species was often found in conjunctio ... | 2003 | 12700860 |
| epidemiology of chagas disease in guatemala: infection rate of triatoma dimidiata, triatoma nitida and rhodnius prolixus (hemiptera, reduviidae) with trypanosoma cruzi and trypanosoma rangeli (kinetoplastida, trypanosomatidae). | a five-year domiciliary collection in the 22 departments of guatemala showed that out of 4,128 triatomines collected, 1,675 were triatoma dimidiata (latreille, 1811), 2,344 were rhodnius prolixus stal 1859, and only 109 were t. nitida usinger 1939. the chagas disease parasite, trypanosoma cruzi, was found in all three species. their natural infection rates were similar in the first two species (20.6%; 19.1%) and slightly lower in t. nitida(13.8%). however there was no significant difference in t ... | 2003 | 12886407 |