Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias, Laboratório Especializado de Mogi Guaçu: Triatomíneos, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Prefeitura de Taboão da Serra, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Taboão da Serra, SP, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2021 Feb 26;54:e04712020. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0471-2020. eCollection 2021.
This communication reports the colonization of Panstrongylus megistus in an urban area of the municipality of Taboão da Serra in the metropolitan region of São Paulo.
After receiving a notification from the population, entomological research comprising active search, collection, identification, and examination of triatomines was conducted. Wild animals were captured and examined.
A colony of triatomines was found to be associated with dogs in the backyard of the property.
The colonization of P. megistus shows the potential for their occupation of artificial ecotopes, which may pose a risk to the human population.
本通讯报道了在圣保罗大都市区塔博阿奥·达·塞拉市的一个城区中,潘氏长足虻的定殖现象。
在接到民众的通知后,进行了包含主动搜索、采集、鉴定和检查的昆虫学研究,以查明是否存在传播疾病的媒介。同时还捕获和检查了野生动物。
在该物业的后院,发现了一个与狗有关的三锥虫群。
潘氏长足虻的定殖表明它们有占据人工生态位的潜力,这可能会对人类群体构成威胁。