Ocorrência de seis casos suspeitos, autóctones sorologicamente positivos ()

J. Ferraroni, J.A. Nunes de Melo, J.E. Camargo, Mário

Summary The authors present the first six possible autoctonus serologically positive cases of Chagas disease in farmers from municipality of Barcelos, in the State of Amazonas, Brazil. This region has many "piaçaba" palm trees (Leopoldinia piassaba) which harbor numerous triatomes in nature.