Triatomine Fauna and Recent Epidemiological Dynamics of Chagas Disease in an Endemic Area of Northeast Brazil

Table 1

Triatomines collected between the years 2014 and 2016 in the state of Sergipe.

Species	Negative							Positive
	Nymphs				Female	Male	NI	Female	Male	Total
	II	III	IV	V
P. geniculatus	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1
P. lutzi	—	—	—	—	7	67	—	2	12	88
P. megistus	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1
T. brasiliensis	1	4	4	5	11	14	—	—	—	37
T. melanocephala	—	—	1	—	—	2	—	—	1
T. pseudomaculata	—	—	—	—	24	51	2	—	4	81
T. tibiamaculata	—	—	—	—	5	4	—	1	—	10
Others										51

Considering only the period between 2014 and 2016 for the use of a systematized methodology for counting and identification (taxonomy and stage of development) of triatomines collected during the phase of consolidation of entomological surveillance of the National Chagas Disease Control Program from that adopted between 2010 and 2013. The species Rhodnius neglectus was recorded between the years 2010 and 2013. Nonhematophagous triatomines. NI: not identified.