Genes de cisteíno proteases (Catepsina L-like) de Trypanosoma rangeli: polimorfismo, relações filogenéticas e alvos para diagnóstico e genotipagem.

First report of Rhodnius montenegrensis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) infection by Trypanosoma rangeli

“…Trypanosoma rangeli has been reported in Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Fr Guyana, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Trinity, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil 2,3 . In Brazil, it was found in wild animals and triatomines in the south (Santa Catarina), southeast (Minas Gerais), northeast (Ceará, Alagoas and Bahia), central west (Federal District, Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul) and north (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Acre and Tocantins) regions 2,4,5 .…”

“…In Brazil, it was found in wild animals and triatomines in the south (Santa Catarina), southeast (Minas Gerais), northeast (Ceará, Alagoas and Bahia), central west (Federal District, Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul) and north (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Acre and Tocantins) regions 2,4,5 .…”

“…The transmission of T. rangeli to vertebrates is mainly related to species of triatomines of the genus Rhodnius, with 12 species reported as their natural vectors; of these 12 species, 6 are found in Brazil (Rhodnius neglectus, Rhodnius nasutus, Rhodnius neivai, Rhodnius domesticus, Rhodnius pictipes and Rhodnius robustus) 2,9,10 . The latter species may have been erroneously described in the State of Rondônia by some researchers 11,12 because of its similarity to R. montenegrensis, which had not been described at that time.…”