Molecular epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi and Triatoma dimidiata in costal Ecuador

YY Wong, KJS Macias, DG Martínez… - Infection, genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi. In Ecuador, Triatoma dimidiata and Rhodnius ecuadoriensis are the …

Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi in a hyper-endemic area of Colombia reveals an overlap among domestic and sylvatic cycles of Chagas disease

AM Mejía-Jaramillo, LA Agudelo-Uribe, JC Dib… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Chagas disease is a neglected illness caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi
parasite, which widely affects American communities. This study attempted to identify T. cruzi …

Geographical Distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi Genotypes in Venezuela

HJ Carrasco, M Segovia, MS Llewellyn… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease is an endemic zoonosis native to the Americas and is caused by the
kinetoplastid protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasite is also highly genetically …

Transcriptome-based molecular systematics: Rhodnius montenegrensis (Triatominae) and its position within the Rhodnius prolixusRhodnius robustus cryptic …

RN Brito, JA Geraldo, FA Monteiro, C Lazoski… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Rhodnius montenegrensis (Triatominae), a potential vector of Chagas
disease, was described after R. robustus-like bugs from southwestern Amazonia …

Nuclear rDNA pseudogenes in Chagas disease vectors: evolutionary implications of a new 5.8 S+ ITS-2 paralogous sequence marker in triatomines of North, Central …

MD Bargues, MA Zuriaga, S Mas-Coma - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2014 - Elsevier
A pseudogene, paralogous to rDNA 5.8 S and ITS-2, is described in Meccus dimidiata
dimidiata, M. d. capitata, M. d. maculippenis, M. d. hegneri, M. sp. aff. dimidiata, M. p …

Genetic structure of Trypanosoma cruziin Colombia revealed by a High-throughput Nuclear Multilocus Sequence Typing (nMLST) approach

JD Ramírez, G Tapia-Calle, F Guhl - BMC genetics, 2013 - Springer
Background Chagas disease is a systemic pathology caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. This
parasite reveals remarkable genetic variability, evinced in six Discrete Typing Units (DTUs) …

Phylogeography and demographic history of the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius nasutus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in the Brazilian Caatinga biome

T Peretolchina, MG Pavan… - PLoS Neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Rhodnius nasutus, a vector of the etiological agent Trypanosoma cruzi, is one
of the epidemiologically most relevant triatomine species of the Brazilian Caatinga, where it …

[HTML][HTML] Omics tools applied to the study of Chagas disease vectors: cytogenomics and genomics

KC Borsatto, MA Coronado, RK Arni… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chagas disease is an illness caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi that is distributed
in 21 countries of Latin America. The main way of transmission of T. cruzi is through the …

Isoenzyme variability of five principal triatomine vector species of Chagas disease in Mexico

A Flores, EM Gastélum, MF Bosseno, R Ordoñez… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Triatoma barberi, T. dimidiata, T. longipennis, T. pallidipennis and T. picturata, all key
Chagas disease vectors in Mexico, were analysed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis …

Genome-Scale Multilocus Microsatellite Typing of Trypanosoma cruzi Discrete Typing Unit I Reveals Phylogeographic Structure and Specific Genotypes Linked to …

MS Llewellyn, MA Miles, HJ Carrasco, MD Lewis… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Trypanosoma cruzi is the most important parasitic infection in Latin America and is also
genetically highly diverse, with at least six discrete typing units (DTUs) reported: Tc I, IIa, IIb …