Risk of Trypanosoma cruzi I (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) transmission by Panstrongylus geniculatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Caracas (Metropolitan District) and neighboring States, Venezuela

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1379-1384

  Carrasco, Hernán J ^a   Torrellas, Annhymariet ^b   García, Carlos ^a   Segovia, Maikell ^a   Feliciangeli, M Dora ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Panstrongylus geniculatus; Trypanosoma cruzi I; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM;

CANID; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH RISK; RODENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARCASS; CHAGAS DISEASE; COW; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REDUVIIDAE; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PANSTRONGYLUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

CARACAS; FEDERAL DISTRICT [VENEZUELA]; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIDELPHIS; HEMIPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; PANSTRONGYLUS GENICULATUS; RATTUS; REDUVIIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 26944459229     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. H. Acquatella, F. Catalioti, J.R. Gomez-Mancebo, S. Dávalos, and L. Villalobos Long-term control of Chagas disease in Venezuela: effects on serological findings. Electrocardiographic abnormalities, and clinical outcome Circulation 76 1987 556 562
2. M. Amunarriz, M.E. Chico, and R.H. Guderian Chagas disease in Ecuador: a sylvatic focus in the Amazon region J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 94 1991 145 149
3. Bar, M.E., Milano, A.M.F., Damborsky, M.P., Oscherov, E.B., Avalos, G., 2003. Patrones de alimentación y de defecación de Triatoma rubrovaria Blanchard,1843 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) bajo condiciones de laboratorio. http://www1.unne.edu.ar/cyt/2003/comunicaciones/06-Biologicas/B- 006.pdf.
4. A.G. Cáceres, L. Troyes, A. Gonzáles-Pérez, E. Llontop, C. Bonilla, E. Murias, N. Heredia, C. Velásquez, and C. Yánez Enfermedad de Chagas en la región nororiental del Perú. I. Triatominos (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) presentes en Cajamarca y Amazonas Rev. Peru. Med. Exp. Salud Publ. 19 2002 17 23
5. H.J. Carrasco, I.A. Frame, S.A. Valente, and M.A. Miles Genetic exchange as possible source of genomic diversity in sylvatic populations of Trypanosoma cruzi Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 54 1996 418 424
6. S.S. Catalá Bloodmeal size and nutritional status of Triatoma infestans under natural climatic conditions Med. Vet. Entomol. 8 1994 104 106
7. C. Chagas Sôbre um trypanosoma do tatú. Tatusia novemcincta, transmitido pelo Triatoma geniculata Latr. (1811). Possibilidade de ser o tatú um depositário do Trypanosoma cruzi no mundo exterior Brasil Médico 26 1912 305 306
8. Corredor, A., Santacruz, M., Paez, S., Guatame, L.A., 1990. Distribución de los triatominos domiciliarios en Colombia. Ministerio de Salud. Instituto Nacional de Salud. Bogotá, DE.
9. L.B. Crocco, and S.S. Catalá Feeding and defaecation patterns in Triatoma sordida Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 97 1996 409 413
10. M.P. Damborsky, M.E. Bar, and E.B. Oscherov Detección de triatominos (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) en ambientes domésticos y extradomésticos. Corrientes, Argentina Cad. Saude Publ. 17 2001 843 849
11. C. de Scorza, L. Herrera, and S. Urdaneta-Morales Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi: histopathology in mice infected with strains isolated from Didelphis marsupialis from the valley of Caracas (Venezuela) Acta Cient. Venez. 47 1996 244 247
12. J.C. Dias, A.C. Silveira, and C.J. Schofield The impact of Chagas disease control in Latin America: a review Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 97 2002 603 612
13. Dujardin J.P., Schofield C.J., Panzera F., 2002. Los vectores de la Enfermedad de Chagas. Academie Royale de Sciences d'outre-mer. Memoire in - 8°, Nouvelle Serie, Tome 25, fasc.3, Bruxelles.
14. Ewel, J.J., Madriz A., 1968. Zonas de vida de Venezuela. Memoria explicativa sobre el mapa ecológico. Editorial Sucre, Caracas.
15. M.D. Feliciangeli, D. Campbell-Lendrum, C. Martinez, D. Gonzalez, P. Coleman, and C. Davies Chagas disease control in Venezuela: lessons for the Andean region and beyond Trends Parasitol. 19 2003 44 49
16. M.D. Feliciangeli, H. Carrasco, J.S. Patterson, B. Suarez, C. Martínez, and M. Medina Mixed domestic infestation by Rhodnius prolixus Stäl, 1859 and Panstrongylus geniculatus Latreille, 1811, vector incrimination, and seroprevalence for Trypanosoma cruzi among inhabitants in El Guamito, Lara State, Venezuela Am J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 71 2004 501 505
17. B. Gomez, E. Sanchez, and M.D. Feliciangeli Man-vector contact of phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in nort-central Venezuela, as assessed by bloodmeal identification using Dot-ELISA J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 14 1998 28 32
18. L. Herrera, and S. Urdaneta-Morales Synanthropic rodent reservoirs of Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi in the valley of Caracas, Venezuela Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Sao Paulo 39 1997 279 282
19. M.L. Kirk, and C.J. Schofield Density-dependent timing of defaecation by Rhodnius prolixus, and its implications for the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 8 1987 348 349
20. H. Lent, and P. Wigodzinsky Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease Bull. Am. Museum Nat. Hist. 163 1979 1 515
21. M.A. Miles Culturing and biological cloning of Trypanosoma cruzi Methods Mol. Biol. 21 1993 15 28
22. M.A. Miles, M.M. Povoa, A. Prata, R.A. Cedillos, A.A. De Souza, and V. Macedo Do radically dissimilar Trypanosoma cruzi strains (zymodemes) cause Venezuelan and Brazilian forms of Chagas' disease? Lancet 1981 1338 1340
23. I. Omah-Maharaj Studies on vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Trinidad, West Indies Med. Vet. Entomol. 6 1992 115 120
24. Pifano, F., 1969. Algunos aspectos en la ecología y epidemiología de las enfermedades endémicas con focos naturales en el área tropical, especialmente en Venezuela. Ministerio de Sanidad & Asistencia Social Ed. Caracas.
25. M.M. Povoa, A.A. de Souza, R.D. Naif, J.R. Arias, M.F. Naif, C.B. Biancardi, and M.A. Miles Chagas disease in the Amazon Basin. IV. Host records of Trypanosoma cruzi zymodemes in the States of Amazonia and Rondonia, Brazil Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 78 1984 479 487
26. J.M.M. Rebelo, V.L.L. Barros, and W.A. Mendes Triatominae species Cad Saude Publ. 14 1998 187 192
27. M. Reyes-Lugo, and A. Rodriguez-Acosta Domiciliation of the sylvatic Chagas disease vector Panstrongylus geniculatus Latreille, 1811 (Triatominae: Reduviidae) in Venezuela Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 94 2000 508
28. G.A. Schaub, and P. Losch Trypanosoma cruzi: origin of metacyclic trypomastigotes in the urine of the vector Triatoma infestans Exp. Parasitol. 65 1988 174 186
29. C.J. Schofield, L. Diotaiuti, and J.P. Dujardin The process of domestication in Triatominae Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. 94 Suppl. 1 1999 375 378
30. I. Sherlock, and E.M. Serafim Fauna Triatominae do Estado da Bahia. I. As especies e distribução geográfica Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 6 1972 263 289
31. R. Silvérie, R. Krämer, P. Fauran, and G. Chatenay Epidémiologie de la maladie de Chagas en Guyane Française: infection naturelle de Panstrongylus geniculatus Bull Soc. Path. Exot. 57 1964 357 377
32. E.V. Trumper, and D. Gorla Density-dependent timing of defaecation by Triatoma infestans Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 85 1991 800 802
33. S. Urdaneta-Morales, and I. Nironi Trypanosoma cruzi in the anal glands of urban opossums. I - Isolation and experimental infections Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 91 1996 399 403
34. V.C. Valente Potential for domestication of Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the Municipality of Muaná, Marajó Island, State of Pará, Brazil Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 94 Suppl. 1 1999 399 400
35. V.C. Valente, S.A.S. Valente, F. Noireau, H.J. Carrasco, and M.A. Miles Chagas disease in the Amazon Basin: seasonal domiciliation of Panstrongylus geniculatus with domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) J. Med. Entomol. 35 1998 99 103
36. M. Wolff, and D. Castillo Evidencias de domesticación y aspectos biológicos de Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Acta Entomol. Chil. 24 2000 77 83
37. M. Yeo, N. Acosta, M. Llewellyn, H. Sánchez, S. Adamson, G.A. Miles, E. Lopez, N. Gonzalez, J.S. Patterson, M.W. Gaunt, A.R. Arias, and M.A. Miles Origins of Chagas disease: Didelphis species are natural hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi I and armadillos hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi II, including hybrids Int. J. Parasitol. 35 2004 225 233