frequency of triatomines infected with trypanosoma cruzi collected in cuernavaca city, morelos, méxico. | in order to study the frequency of infection with trypanosoma cruzi in the triatomines from cuernavaca city (morelos, mexico), 1,060 triatomines were captured with the support of the population, from september 1990 to february 1992; 1,035 were triatoma pallidipennis adults, 88% presented flagellated protozoa with morphological characteristics corresponding to trypanosoma spp. later, in the laboratory, their ability to infect nih mouse confirmed the isolates identities as trypanosoma cruzi. the o ... | 1996 | 8986111 |
feeding patterns of triatoma longipennis usinger (hemiptera, reduviidae) in peridomestic habitats of a rural community in jalisco state, mexico. | we analyzed triatomine blood feeding patterns to evaluate the role of peridomiciles in trypanosoma cruzi transmission at the rural village of tepehuaje de morelos at jalisco state, mexico (1999). a total of 206 bugs were collected in 11 out of 26 households (42.3%). nymphs predominated in the collections (64.9% of the total). except for one triatoma barberi female, a species that belongs to the protracta species complex, all adults were triatoma longipennis, a species of the phyllosoma complex. ... | 2004 | 15605639 |