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Title: | Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Panstrongylus geniculatus and Rhodnius robustus adults invade households in the Tropics of Cochabamba region of Bolivia |
Author: | Rojas-Cortez, Mirko Pinazo, Maria-Jesus Garcia, Lineth Arteaga, Mery Uriona, Liliana Gamboa, Seyla Mejía, Carolina Lozano Beltran, Daniel-Franz Gascón i Brustenga, Joaquim Torrico, Faustino Monteiro, Fernando A. |
Keywords: | Malaltia de Chagas Cochabamba (Bolívia : Departament) Chagas' disease Cochabamba (Bolívia : Departament) |
Issue Date: | 16-Mar-2016 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: There are hardly any data available on the relationships between the parasite and the vector or regarding potential reservoirs involved in the natural transmission cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Tropics of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Local families from communities were responsible for the capture of triatomine specimens, following a strategic methodology based on entomological surveillance with community participation developed by the National Chagas Programme of the Ministry of Health of Bolivia. FINDINGS: We describe the collection of adult Panstrongylus geniculatus and Rhodnius robustus naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi from houses and from the hospital of Villa Tunari municipality. The flagellates found in the digestive tract of P. geniculatus belong to genetic lineages or DTUs TcI and TcIII, whereas only lineage DTU TcI was found in R. robustus. The detection of these vectors infected with T. cruzi reveals the vulnerability of local communities. CONCLUSION: The results presented here highlight the risk of Chagas disease transmission in a region previously thought not to be endemic, indicating that the Tropics of Cochabamba should be placed under permanent entomological and epidemiological surveillance. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1445-1 |
It is part of: | Parasites & Vectors, 2016, vol. 9, num. 158, p. 1-6 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/98662 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1445-1 |
ISSN: | 1756-3305 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal) |
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