Ricardo-Silva Alice, Gonçalves Teresa Cristina Monte, Luitgards-Moura José Francisco, Lopes Catarina Macedo, Silva Silvano Pedrosa da, Bastos Amanda Queiroz, Vargas Nathalia Coelho, Freitas Maria-Rosa Goreti
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemiptera, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Roraima, Núcleo Observatório de Saúde de Roraima-ObservaRR, Boa Vista, RR, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2016 Nov;111(11):703-706. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760160026. Epub 2016 Oct 13.
During a medical entomology course in Boa Vista, Roraima, colonies of Triatoma maculata closely associated with pigeon nests were observed in concrete air-conditioner box located on the external plastered and cemented walls of a modern brick-built apartment block. In only one eight-hole ceramic brick, located inside one air-conditioner box, 127 specimens of T. maculata were collected. T. maculata is a recognised vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in the surrounding area and its domiciliation increases the risk of Chagas disease transmission.
在罗赖马州博阿维斯塔市的一门医学昆虫学课程期间,在一座现代化砖混公寓楼外部抹灰水泥墙上的混凝土空调箱中,观察到与鸽巢紧密相关的黄斑锥蝽群落。仅在一个空调箱内的一块八孔陶瓷砖中,就采集到了127只黄斑锥蝽标本。黄斑锥蝽是周围地区公认的克氏锥虫传播媒介,其栖息于住所会增加恰加斯病传播的风险。