Twenty-five Salvadoran communities have been surveyed to learn more about the distribution of Chagas' disease vectors and trypanosome parasites in that country. The results indicate that each of several factors--local variations in housing construction, insecticide applications, geographic elevation, and the vector species involved--can have a critical effect on transmission of the disease agent.

The impact of the insecticide, Synergy-505 (chlorpyrifos 50% and cypermethrin 5% E.C), on the functional response, predatory behavior, and mating behavior of a non-target reduviid, Rhynocoris marginatus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a potential biological control agent, were studied. Though both normal and Synergy-505-exposed R. marginatus exhibited Holling's type II curvilinear function...

Ecological niche modeling of Triatominae bugs allow us to establish the local risk of transmission of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease. This information could help to guide health authority recommendations on infection monitoring, prevention, and control. In this study, we estimated the geographic distribution of triatomine species in Colombia and identified the relat...

INTRODUCTION This paper reports, for the first time, the presence of Rhodnius stali in the state of Acre and in the Brazilian Amazon. METHODS Specimens of R. stali were collected by the Federal University of Acre in Rio Branco. RESULTS The number of Triatominae species in the State of Acre increased from five to six. This was also the first report of R. stali in the Brazilian Amazon. CONC...