Altitudinal distribution and species richness of triatomines (Hemiptera:Reduviidae) in Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chagas disease is considered to be endemic in up to 40% of the territory of Colombia, and to date 27 triatomine species have been reported the country. The purpose of this study was to update the geographical distribution of triatomine species in Colombia and assess the species richness patterns and their altitudinal distribution.

Methods

Occurrence data were compiled between 2007 and 2020, including from reports of entomological surveillance from the Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), the Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical (CIMPAT) at Universidad de Los Andes and a review of the literature. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) were used to describe general species richness patterns of the Triatominae subfamily. To establish the al

SUBMITTER: Mendez-Cardona S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9719156 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature