| presence of triatominae (hemiptera, reduviidae) and risk of transmission of chagas disease in colima, méxico. | with the purpose of evaluating the risk of transmission of the chagas disease in the state of colima, méxico, an entomological survey was performed to obtain triatominae and the rate of infection by trypanosoma cruzi determined by examination of its dejections. two hundred eighteen houses located in 16 villages were sampled. in each house the intradomestic and peridomestic habitats were examined by the man-hour-house method, sensor boxes and mouse-baited traps. also, 12 silvatic places were expl ... | 2002 | 11992142 |
| entomological indices, feeding sources, and molecular identification of triatoma phyllosoma (hemiptera: reduviidae) one of the main vectors of chagas disease in the istmo de tehuantepec, oaxaca, mexico. | the purpose of this study was to conduct an entomological analysis, determination of feeding sources, and molecular identification of triatomines in five communities of the istmo de tehuantepec, oaxaca. the only found species in two of five searched communities (san mateo del mar and tehuantepec city) was triatoma phyllosoma. colonization indices were high in both communities. in san mateo del mar, the insects were found indoors and in tehuantepec city in peridomestic areas. the trypanosoma cruz ... | 2011 | 21896810 |