| Literature DB >> 22403316 |
Etienne Waleckx1, Stéphanie Depickère, Renata Salas, Claudia Aliaga, Marcelo Monje, Hiber Calle, Rosio Buitrago, François Noireau, Simone Frédérique Brenière.
Abstract
Sylvatic populations of Triatoma infestans might be involved in the recolonization of human dwellings. We report here the discoveries of new T. infestans sylvatic foci in the Bolivian Chaco. Eighty-one triatomines were caught, 38 of which were identified as T. infestans. Triatoma sordida and Panstrongylus geniculatus were the other species collected. One T. infestans and one T. sordida were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi TcI; one T. infestans was infected with TcII. These discoveries add to the debate on the geographic distribution of sylvatic T. infestans populations, the geographic origin of the species, and the epidemiological role of these populations.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22403316 PMCID: PMC3284361 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0205
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345