期刊
INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
卷 10, 期 2, 页码 350-353出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.12.006
关键词
Chagas disease; Triatoma infestans; Sylvatic focus; Dispersal; Bolivia
资金
- UNDP/World Bank/WHO [A50678]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
Triatoma infestans, now eliminated from most of South America by control campaigns, has been and still is the main Chagas disease vector due to its ability to colonize rural dwellings. The traditional hypothesis put forth to explain T. infestans adaptation to the synanthropic environment rests on the domestication of wild guinea pigs, one of its natural hosts, by Andean tribes about 5000 BC. Here we present two new hypotheses, based on organized human social activities. The first involves maize production, storage and distribution during the Inca period. Maize granaries could host wild rodent populations that would attract sylvatic T. infestans that were later dispersed during maize distribution. The second hypothesis is associated with the contemporary Urkupina Virgin festival, near Cochabamba, where thousands of pilgrims gather for rituals in an area that is part of a sylvatic T. infestans focus, thus favoring the contact with the insects and leading to their passive dispersal. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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