Keywords
triatominae
Trypanosoma cruzi
public health
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Abstract
This integrative review aims to analyze the scientific publications in the last twelve years on
triatomines found at Ceará State. For this, a search was performed in the Biblioteca Virtual
em Saúde (BVS) databases with association of the descriptors “Chagas Disease”, “Triatomines”
and “Brazil”. After applying the inclusion, exclusion criteria and analysis of their content, eight
articles were selected for the analysis and discussion. Some species of triatomines found in the
Northeast region are of extreme epidemiological importance since they are associated with human
households. The most prevalent species with epidemiological importance due to their large
distribution in Ceará and presence in the peridomestic environment are: Triatoma brasiliensis,
Triatoma pseudomaculata, Panstrogylus megistus, Panstrogylus lutzi and Rhodnius nasutus.
Several species of triatomines have the capacity to transmit T. cruzi and the ability to adapt to
the peridomestic and domestic environment turning humans more susceptible to infection, thus
requiring surveillance and vector control strategies.
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