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TRAVIEZO-VALLES, Luis Eduardo; BERKEFELD, Dorit  e  ALDANA, Elis. Natural infection of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) at Southheastern of Lara state, Venezuela. Bol Mal Salud Amb [online]. 2008, vol.48, n.1, pp.99-101. ISSN 1690-4648.

This paper reports Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi found inside houses in La Cruz, a mountain village at 1200 m. This is the first report of this species in the county of Andres Eloy Blanco, Lara state, Venezuela.

Palavras-chave : Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus; Trypanosoma cruzi; infection; Venezuela.