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Characteristics of Triatomine infestation and natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Feb 2016
Barbosa-Silva Andressa Noronha, Câmara Antonia Cláudia Jácome da, Martins Kiev, Nunes Daniela Ferreira, Oliveira Pedro Igor Câmara de, Azevedo Paulo Roberto Medeiros de, Chiari Egler, Galvão Lúcia Maria da Cunha
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INTRODUCTION Natural and artificial ecotope infestation by the kissing bug triatomines and their colonization and infection by Trypanosoma cruzi , the Chagas disease agent, were evaluated in nine municipalities of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. METHODS Following identification, triatomine intestinal contents were analyzed by direct microscopic examination, xenoculture, and polymerase chain reaction...
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