| [triatomines (reduviidae: triatominae) in a chagas disease focus in talaigua nuevo (bolívar, colombia)]. | the epidemiological importance and ecological characteristics of triatomines were investigated in a chagas disease focus in talaigua nuevo, bolivar province. | 2005 | 16433183 |
| [distribution and ecoepidemiology of the triatomine fauna (hemiptera: reduviidae) in margarita island, bol+¡var, colombia]. | information concerning to triatomine diversity and some eco-epidemiologic aspects on margarita island has been recorded only from two of the five counties on the island. knowledge about species habitat and their natural infection is essential to establish the risk for chagas disease in endemic areas. | 2010 | 21713340 |
| detection of high percentage of trypanosoma cruzi infection, the etiologic agent of chagas disease, in wild populations of colombian caribbean triatomines. | in colombia it is estimated that about 900,000 persons are infected with t. cruzi. there are 25 triatomine species and 5 of them have been reported infected with t. cruzi in the colombian caribbean region. in order to obtain more information about the triatomine populations in this region, 89 wild triatomines were collected from four colombian departments. the most frequent specie collected was rhodnius pallescens (65%), followed by rhodnius prolixus (20%), panstrongylus geniculatus (10.1%) and ... | 2015 | 26204001 |