First report on the occurrence of Trypanosoma rangeli Tejera, 1920 in the state of Ceará, Brazil, in naturally infected triatomine Rhodnius nasutus Stal, 1859 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae).

Dias, Fernando Braga StehlingDiotaiuti, Liléia GonçalvesRomanha, Alvaro JoséBezerra, Cláudia MendonçaMachado, Evandro Marques de Menezes2017-06-082017-06-082007DIAS, F. B. S. et al. First report on the occurrence of Trypanosoma rangeli Tejera, 1920 in the state of Ceará, Brazil, in naturally infected triatomine Rhodnius nasutus Stal, 1859 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v. 102, p. 643-645, 2007. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762007000500017>. Acesso em: 19 fev. 2017.0074-0276http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/7930The aim of this work was to identify and report the occurrence of Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi in naturally infected Rhodnius nasutus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Triatomines feces, salivary glands, and hemolymph were collected for fresh examination, and specific detection of T. rangeli and T. cruzi DNA by polymerase chain reaction was carried out. The specific characterization of these two parasites showed the simultaneous presence of both parasites in two (7.7%) of the 26 pen-USabertoFirst report on the occurrence of Trypanosoma rangeli Tejera, 1920 in the state of Ceará, Brazil, in naturally infected triatomine Rhodnius nasutus Stal, 1859 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae).Artigo publicado em periodicoO periódico Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz permite que o Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP) deposite uma cópia eletrônica dos artigos publicados por esse periódico em que ao menos um dos autores faça parte da comunidade cientifica da UFOP. Fonte: Licença concedida mediante preenchimento de formulário enviado em 12 dez. 2013.http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762007005000057