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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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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Panstrongylus geniculatus and
                Rhodnius robustus adults invade households in the Tropics of
                Cochabamba region of Bolivia