Publications by authors named "Kiev Martins"
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed the prevalence of kissing bugs (triatomines) and their infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, the cause of Chagas disease, in nine municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
- Of the 842 triatomines collected, the majority were identified as Triatoma brasiliensis, with a significant percentage found in human dwellings and surrounding areas, notably in chicken coops.
- The overall infection rate for T. cruzi was 30.2%, with high rates found in several species, particularly T. brasiliensis and P. lutzi, indicating their importance in the disease transmission cycle.
Objective: Trypanosoma cruzi is subdivided into six discrete typing units (DTUs), TcI-TcVI. The precise identification of each can contribute to tracking wild DTUs that invade the domiciliary environment.
Methods: Twenty T.