USING CAPTIVE SENTINELS TO COLLECT WILD TRIATOMINES IN THE REGION OF MARÍLIA-SP, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Luciamáre Perinetti Alves Martins
  • Roberto Esteves Pires Castanho
  • Felipe Frasão Tonon
  • Carlos Eduardo Unterleider
  • João Aristeu da Rosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v42i1.23596

Keywords:

Trypanosoma cruzi, Wild triatomines, Pyrethroid, Captive sentinel, Diaphorina citri.

Abstract

In order to collect wild triatomines in the municipality of Marilia, two captive sentinel sites were installed in a remnant riparian zone in the Atlantic Forest comprising 34 hectares located on the Nossa Senhora Aparecida farm. One enclosure was built on the margin and another inside the forest, about 200 meters from the edge, using rabbits as bait to attract wild triatomines. In addition to the caged rabbits, active searches for triatomines were performed in tree holes, bird nests and armadillo burrows by spraying Pirisa 1080-L1E1 aerosol dislodger. The sentinels were maintained for one year and four months. During this period six active searches were performed, but without success in attracting or colonizing wild triatomines. One factor that has probably intervened in the triatomine colonization is the periodic application of insecticides formulated with pyrethroid in farms neighboring the forest to fight Diaphorina citri in orange plantations.

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MARTINS, L. P. A.; CASTANHO, R. E. P.; TONON, F. F.; UNTERLEIDER, C. E.; ROSA, J. A. da. USING CAPTIVE SENTINELS TO COLLECT WILD TRIATOMINES IN THE REGION OF MARÍLIA-SP, BRAZIL. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 42, n. 1, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v42i1.23596. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/23596. Acesso em: 21 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 1 (2013)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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