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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 86, Issue 3, Pages 455-458Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0205
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- ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France)
- IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, France)
- UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO [A70596]
- IDRC (International Development Research Centre, Canada) [103696-012]
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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 Tcl; one T. infestans was infected with Tell. 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.
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