Research Article

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

Table 3

Natural Infection Index (%) of triatomines by Trypanosoma cruzi-like flagellates from 2010 to 2016 in the state of Sergipe, Brazil.

RiskMunicipality2010201120122013201420152016Average period

HighAquidabã0.0050.000.0020.000.000.0010.00
Canindé São Francisco8.5720.006.062.860.000.0033.3310.12
Poço Redondo10.536.256.4510.000.004.75

MediumCedro de São João100.0014.29
Cumbe60.000.008.57
Gararu66.670.000.0028.570.000.0013.61
Nossa Senhora da Gloria0.0028.574.08
Porto da Folha100.0033.330.000.000.000.0019.05
Riachão do Dantas100.0014.29
Ribeirópolis25.0025.000.000.000.007.14
Salgado100.0014.29
Simão Dias0.009.680.000.00100.0015.67
Tobias Barreto25.7145.9515.7940.004.8426.6714.2924.75

LowSão Francisco66.6733.33100.000.0028.57

UCPinhão33.33100.000.0019.05

Risk of transmission of CD according to the classification guidelines of the Ministry of Health. UC: unclassified [37].