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- Triatomines are blood-feeding insects that transmit Chagas disease, highlighting their importance in public health.
- A report from 1993 in Rondônia, Brazil, documented the capture of these insects on palm trees.
- Two male specimens were identified as infected with specific pathogens, raising the known number of triatomine species in Rondônia from nine to ten.
Article Abstract
Triatomines are hematophagous insects of epidemiological importance as they are vectors of Chagas disease. The first report of Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 in Rondônia, Brazil, is described. The insects were captured on palm trees of the genus sp. Two adult male specimens of were identified and were found to be infected with and . The confirmation of this species in Rondônia increases the number of triatomines from nine to ten species in this state.
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