Distribution and ecoepidemiology of the triatomine fauna (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Margarita Island, Bolívar, Colombia
Keywords:
Chagas’ disease, Triatominae, Trypanosoma cruzi, Triatoma spp., Rhodnius spp., Colombia
Abstract
Introduction. Information concerning to triatomine diversity and some eco-epidemiologic aspects on Margarita Island has been recorded only from two of the five counties on the island. Knowledge about species habitat and their natural infection is essential to establish the risk for Chagas disease in endemic areas.Objective. The distribution of triatomine insect fauna and its infection with Trypanosoma cruzi was described in order to establish and to stratify the risk of Chagas disease transmission.
Material and methods. Each of the 5 counties on Margarita Island were surveyed for triatomid insects inside and outside each dwelling. In the extradomicilary area, searches were conducted in the palms and bird nests located within forests and in pastures near domiciles. Infection with T. cruzi was determined amplifying by PCR the DNA extracted from triatomine feces.
Results. Five species of Reduviidae were recovered among the 1,154 triatomines captured in the 5 counties. Triatoma maculata and Rhodnius pallescens showed high infection rates within dwellings and as well as in the peridomestic areas in Mompós and Talaigua Nuevo. On the palm trees, only R. pallescens and Eratyrus cuspidatus were found infected, and only in San Fernando and Margarita. In Cicuco, only R. pallescens was infected. Presence of Triatoma dimidiata was also ascertained.Conclusion. Infected triatomines were present in houses and on palm trees in all counties on the island. These observations indicate a potential risk of Chagas across the entire island; furthermore the presence of T. dimidiata, a very efficient Chagas vector, emphasizes the need to establish its epidemiological status on the island.
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6. Guhl F, Aguilera G, Pinto N, Vergara D. Actualización de la distribución geográfica y ecoepidemiología de la fauna de triatominos (Reduviidae: Triatominae) en Colombia. Biomédica. 2007;27(Suppl.1):143-62.
7. Dib J, Barnabe C, Tibayrenc M, Triana O. Incrimination of Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stal) in transmission of Chagas' disease by molecular epidemiology analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from a geographically restricted area in the north of Colombia. Acta Trop. 2009;3:237-42.
8. Wolf M, Castillo D. Evidencias de domesticación y aspectos biológicos de Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Acta Entomol Chil. 2000;24: 77-83.
9. Cortés LA, Suárez H. Triatominos (Reduviidae: Triatominae) en un foco de enfermedad de Chagas en Talaigua Nuevo (Bolívar, Colombia). Biomédica. 2005;25:568-74.
10. DANE. Proyecciones departamentales de población por sexo y edad, Bogotá D.C., 1990-2015 estudios censales N2. Bogotá D.C.: DANE; 2003.
11. Londoño JL. Metodología de la investigación epidemiológica. Tercera edición. Bogotá D.C.: Editorial Manual Moderno; 2004.
12. Pichin R, Fanara DM, Oliveira AM. Comparison of techniques for detection of domestic infestations with Triatoma infestans in Brazil. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1981;75:691-4.
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19. Jaramillo N, Schofield CJ, Gorla D, Caro-Riaño H, Moreno J, Mejía E, et al. The role of Rhodnius pallescens as a vector of Chagas disease in Colombia and Panama. Res Rev Parasitol. 2000;60:75-82.
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21. Pizarro JC, Romaña C. Variación estacional de una población silvestre de Rhodnius pallescens Barber 1932 (Heteroptera: Triatominae) en la Costa Caribe Colombiana. Bull Inst Fr Etudes Andines.1998;27:309-25.
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Cantillo-Barraza O, Gómez-Palacio A, Salazar D, Mejía-Jaramillo AM, Calle J, Triana O. Distribution and ecoepidemiology of the triatomine fauna (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Margarita Island, Bolívar, Colombia. biomedica [Internet]. 2010 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 May 12];30(3):382-9. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/272
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