Abstract

CAZORLA-PERFETTI, Dalmiro. Psammolestes arthuri naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi found in sympatry with Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma maculata on bird nests in Anzoátegui state, Venezuela. Saber [online]. 2015, vol.27, n.2, pp.324-327. ISSN 1315-0162.

Comments are presented and complement the ideas of a recent study published in the journal Saber [26(4):420- 440, 2014], about the finding in natura of metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma (Shizotrypanum) cruzi (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastea, Trypanosomatidae), etiologic agent of Chagas disease. This protozoan was found in the faeces of adults of the triatomine insect Psammolestes arthuri (Hemiptera: Reduviidae, Triatominae), caught sympatrically with triatomines Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma maculata within the nests of passerine birds from several rural communities of Anzoátegui state, in the Venezuelan northeastern region.

Keywords : Triatomine; Chagas disease.

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