Occurrence of triatomines in the state of Ceará, Brazil

This integrative review aims to analyze the scientific publications in the last twelve years ontriatomines found at Ceará State. For this, a search was performed in the Biblioteca Virtualem Saúde (BVS) databases with association of the descriptors “Chagas Disease”, “Triatomines”and “Brazil”. After a...

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Authors: Reis, Léia Madeira Sabóia dos, Cardoso, Darwin Renne Florencio, Santos, Jéssica Pereira dos, Nascimento, Elaine Ferreira do, Teixeira, Clarissa Romero
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Brasil
Institution:Instituto Adolfo Lutz
Repository:Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br:article/36137
Online Access:https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/36137
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Chagas disease
triatominae
Trypanosoma cruzi
public health
doença de Chagas
saúde pública
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Summary:This integrative review aims to analyze the scientific publications in the last twelve years ontriatomines found at Ceará State. For this, a search was performed in the Biblioteca Virtualem Saúde (BVS) databases with association of the descriptors “Chagas Disease”, “Triatomines”and “Brazil”. After applying the inclusion, exclusion criteria and analysis of their content, eightarticles were selected for the analysis and discussion. Some species of triatomines found in theNortheast region are of extreme epidemiological importance since they are associated with humanhouseholds. The most prevalent species with epidemiological importance due to their largedistribution in Ceará and presence in the peridomestic environment are: Triatoma brasiliensis,Triatoma pseudomaculata, Panstrogylus megistus, Panstrogylus lutzi and Rhodnius nasutus.Several species of triatomines have the capacity to transmit T. cruzi and the ability to adapt tothe peridomestic and domestic environment turning humans more susceptible to infection, thusrequiring surveillance and vector control strategies.