Occurrences of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and first reports of Panstrongylus geniculatus in urban environments in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Authors

  • Walter Ceretti-Junior Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública
  • Daniel Pagotto Vendrami Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
  • Marco Otavio de Matos Junior Divisão de Vigilância de Zoonoses, Laboratórios de Identificação e Pesquisa em Fauna Sinantrópica
  • Aline Rimoldi-Ribeiro Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Julia Vono Alvarez Divisão de Vigilância de Zoonoses, Laboratórios de Identificação e Pesquisa em Fauna Sinantrópica
  • Sandro Marques Divisão de Vigilância de Zoonoses, Laboratórios de Identificação e Pesquisa em Fauna Sinantrópica
  • Agnaldo Nepomuceno Duarte Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias, Divisão de Programas Especiais
  • Rubens Antonio da Silva Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias, Departamento de Combate a Vetores
  • João Aristeu da Rosa Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Mauro Toledo Marrelli Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública

Keywords:

Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae species, Entomological surveillance, Urban center, Trypanosoma cruzi, Chagas disease

Abstract

This note reports on occurrences of triatomine species in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, registered between 1988 and 2017. Records of triatomines captured in Sao Paulo are based on specimens received spontaneously from Health Surveillance Centers, Health Centers and Zoonosis Control Centers in the city as well as from citizens. Species were identified morphologically at the Public Health Entomology Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, where the triatomines, which are vectors of Chagas disease, were tested for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The first reported occurrence of triatomine bugs in urban Sao Paulo was in 1988. The specimen, which was captured in Jardim Sao Luiz district, was from the genus Panstrongylus and was registered as Panstrongylus sp. but was not sexed. Since this first recorded occurrence, the following species have been found in the city: Panstrongylus geniculatus (2 occurrences), P. megistus (15 occurrences), Triatoma infestans (1 occurrence) and T. sordida (3 occurrences). In this paper, the importance of reporting occurrences of triatomine bugs in the city of Sao Paulo, one of the largest metropolis in the world, is discussed with an emphasis on P. megistus. The occurrences discussed here indicate the importance of entomological surveillance for these vectors even in urban centers although the possibility of vector transmission of Chagas disease in these centers is very low.

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2018-11-07

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Occurrences of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and first reports of Panstrongylus geniculatus in urban environments in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (2018). Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 60, e33. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/151609