Revisión de 13 especies de la familia Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) vectores de la enfermedad de Chagas, en México
2010
Vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, parasite responsible for Chagas disease, are divided in intradomestic, peridomestic and
sylvatic. The intradomestic are Triatoma barberi and Triatoma dimidiata, two species that represent the highest health
risk among the Mexican population. Triatoma dimidiata is a species found mainly inside human habitats, but in
Yucatan, it corresponds to the peridomicile vectors. Also in the peridomicile most of Chagas disease vectors are
found: Meccus bassolsae, M. longipennis, M. mazzottii, M pallidipennis, M. phyllosomus, M picturata, Triatoma
gerstaeckeri, T mexicana, T rubida, Dipetalogaster maxima (the last two are in the process of becoming adapted to
the domicile), Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus which occasionally enters the domicile in its adult stage, and Rhodnius
prolixus, which is practically controlled in the country. Peridomestic vectors are of lower risk in the transmission
dynamics, as compared to the intradomestic ones. For the control of the intradomestic vectors, health education
programs, improvements of housing, and the use of pesticides are essential To control the peridomestic vectors, health
education programs are required, as well as the use of mosquito nets on doors and windows and around beds, aside
from cementing the stone wall fences.
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