Trypanosoma cruzi-infected triatomines and rodents co-occur in a coastal island of northern Chile

Trypanosoma cruzi, the cause agent of Chagas disease, is transmitted mainly by blood-feeding insects of the subfamily Triatominae. The T. cruzi life cycle alternates between triatomines and mammalian hosts, excluding birds and reptiles. Triatomines of Mepraia genus are wild vectors of T. cruzi in Ch...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Campos-Soto, Gabriel Díaz-Campusano, Nicol Quiroga, Catalina Muñoz-San Martín, Ninette Rives-Blanchard, Fernando Torres-Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/9967.pdf