Chagas epidemiology and research into Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773) in Vietnam

Authors

  • Ho Viet Hieu
  • Le Thanh Do*
  • Phan Quoc Toan
  • Ta Mai Phuong
  • Pham Anh Tuan
  • Pham Thi Khoa
  • Ngo Giang Lien

Keywords:

Distribution of kissing bugs, epidemiology of Chagas disease, Triatoma rubrofasciata, Trypanosoma cruzi

Abstract

Chagas is a dangerous disease in human, caused by the protozoa parasitic euglenoids Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, 1909. The major vector of Chagas are kissing bugs of three genera Triatoma, Rhodnius, and Panstrongylus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). The disease can be transmitted to human when the bugs deposit their faces on the host’s skin surface, then have bites and transmit T. cruzi;  or via blood transfusion; mother to infants; and transplants of internal organs. In this paper, we presented the epidemiology of Chagas and introduced the distribution and classification of the bug Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773), one of most popular vectors of Chagas in the world and in Vietnam. 

 

Classification number

3.3

Author Biographies

Ho Viet Hieu

Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University

Department of Medical Microbiology  and  Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Duy Tan University

Le Thanh Do

Department of Medical Microbiology  and  Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Duy Tan University

Phan Quoc Toan

Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University

Department of Medical Microbiology  and  Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Duy Tan University

 

Ta Mai Phuong

Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University

Department of Medical Microbiology  and  Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Duy Tan University

Pham Anh Tuan

Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University

Department of Medical Microbiology  and  Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Duy Tan University

Pham Thi Khoa

Department of Medical Microbiology  and  Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Duy Tan University

Ngo Giang Lien

Department of Cell Biology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 

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Published

2018-02-25

Received: 11 October 2017; accepted: 2 January 2018

How to Cite

Hieu, H. V., Do, L. T., Toan, P. Q., Phuong, T. M., Tuan, P. A., Khoa, P. T., & Lien, N. G. (2018). Chagas epidemiology and research into Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773) in Vietnam. Version B of Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology, 60(2). Retrieved from https://b.vjst.vn/index.php/ban_b/article/view/275

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 2 (2018): Volume 60 - Number 2 - February 2018

Section

Medical and Pharmacological Sciences