作者
Claudia Magaly Sandoval, Rosemere Duarte, Reinaldo Gutíerrez, Dayse da Silva Rocha, Victor Manuel Angulo, Lida Esteban, Marlen Reyes, José Jurberg, Cleber Galvão
发表日期
2004
期刊
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
卷号
99
页码范围
137-140
出版商
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
简介
Belminus herreri, originally described from specimens collected in Panama, was considered entirely silvatic until to 2000 when it was found for the first time in a domestic habitat in Colombia. In 2001, during a new search of houses in the Department of Cesar, Colombia, 121 specimens were collected. Study of their feeding sources using an ELISA test revealed that 96% of these specimens had fed on cockroaches (Blattidae). However, a small proportion of these B. herreri specimens also showed the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi in their gut contents, suggesting a possible role for these insects in the epidemiology of Chagas disease.
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