All were adults, with no presence of domiciliation, and with an infection rate of 30.6%.
Mariane Albuquerque Lima Ribeiro, Gabriela Vieira de Souza Castro, Janis Lunier deSouza, João Aristeu da Rosa, Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Dionatas Ulises de OliveiraMeneguetti 2019, 'Occurrence of triatomines in an urban residential complex in the municipality of RioBranco, Acre, South-Western Amazon', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100645&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, some members may be currently invading and colonizing homes, a process known as domiciliation.
Carolina Dale, Carlos Eduardo Almeida, Vagner José Mendonça, Jader Oliveira, JoãoAristeu da Rosa, Cleber Galvão, Jane Costa 2018, 'An updated and illustrated dichotomous key for the Chagas disease vectors of Triatomabrasiliensis species complex and their epidemiologic importance', ZooKeyshttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/25559/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We found no evidence of insect domiciliation.
Lina María Rendón, Felipe Guhl, Juan Manuel Cordovez, Diana Erazo 2015, 'New scenarios of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the Orinoco region of Colombia',Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000300283&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This fact may contribute to the domiciliation process of the species.
José Lopes, Ana L. Lozovei 1995, 'Ecologia de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) em criadouros naturais e artificiais deárea rural do Norte do Estado do Paraná, Brasil: l - Coletas ao longo do leito deribeirão Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) ecology of natural and artificial rural breedingplaces at North Paraná State, Brazil: I - Collections in a bed-streamlet', Revista de Saúde Públicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101995000300005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No evidence of triatomine domiciliation or human transmission was observed in the houses in the vicinity of palm trees.
Dalva N. da C. Bento, Ana Z. C. L Branco, Marise R. Freitas, Artur da S. Pinto 1984, 'Epidemiologic studies of chagas' disease in the urban zone of Teresina. State of Piauí,northeastern Brazil', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821984000400006&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The findings justify consideration of the domiciliation as a probability stimulated by environment alteration due to anthropic activities.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, José Maria Soares Barata, Cecilia Cordeiro Dellatorre, GeraldoMagela Buralli 1982, 'Nota sobre domiciliação de Panstrongylus megistus no litoral Sul do Estado de SãoPaulo, Brasil Domiciliarity trend of Panstrongylus megistus in the Southern CoastalRegion of S. Paulo State, Brazil', Revista de Saúde Públicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101982000200009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)