Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas, Instituto de Pesquisa René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2011 Jun;106(4):510-3. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762011000400022.
In 1943, the Center for the Study and Prophylaxis of Chagas Disease, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, state of Minas Gerais (MG), was created in the municipality of Bambuí to carry out studies related to Chagas disease in the mid-western region of MG. Since that time, several investigations have been conducted to determine the natural habitat of triatomines, but Panstrongylus megistus colonies have never been found in this region. This paper records the first finding of a P. megistus sylvatic colony in 69 years of research. The characteristics of this ecotope and its implications for the epidemiology of Chagas disease are discussed.
1943 年,在米纳斯吉拉斯州的 Bambuí 市成立了 Oswaldo Cruz 基金会查加斯病研究与预防中心,以在该州中西部地区开展与查加斯病相关的研究。从那时起,已经进行了多项调查以确定三锥虫的自然栖息地,但在该地区从未发现过潘氏长足长蝽的聚居地。本文记录了 69 年来研究中首次发现潘氏长足长蝽的野生聚居地。本文还讨论了这种生态位的特征及其对查加斯病流行病学的影响。