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Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Panstrongylus geniculatus and Rhodnius robustus adults invade households in the Tropics of Cochabamba region of Bolivia
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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.
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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.. Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Panstrongylus geniculatus and
Rhodnius robustus adults invade households in the Tropics of
Cochabamba region of Bolivia. _Parasites & Vectors_. 2016. Vol. 9, núm. 158, pàgs. 1-6. [consulta: 26 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 1756-3305. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/98662]