Molecular Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi by Next-Generation Sequencing of the Mini-Exon Gene Reveals Infections With Multiple Parasite Discrete Typing Units …

L Villanueva-Lizama, C Teh-Poot… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites infecting humans is still poorly understood. We
used deep sequencing to analyze this diversity in chagasic patients from Mexico. Such …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution and natural infection status of synantrophic triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, reveals new epidemiological …

O Cantillo-Barraza, M Medina, S Zuluaga… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Updating the distribution and natural infection status of triatomine bugs is critical
for planning, prioritizing, and implementing strategies to control Chagas disease (CD) …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic structure of Triatoma sordida (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) domestic populations from Bolivia: application on control interventions

F Noireau, M Zegarra, J Ordoñez, T Gutierrez… - Memórias do Instituto …, 1999 - SciELO Brasil
The genetic population of Triatoma sordida group 1, a secondary vector of Chagas disease
in Bolivia, was studied by multi-locus enzyme electrophoresis. A total of 253 nymphal and …

Ecological host fitting of Trypanosoma cruzi TcI in Bolivia: mosaic population structure, hybridization and a role for humans in Andean parasite dispersal

LA Messenger, L Garcia, M Vanhove… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
An improved understanding of how a parasite species exploits its genetic repertoire to
colonize novel hosts and environmental niches is crucial to establish the epidemiological …

Chagas disease in Central America: recent findings and current challenges in vector ecology and control

JK Peterson, K Hashimoto, K Yoshioka, PL Dorn… - Current Tropical …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review In Central America, most new human Trypanosoma cruzi
infections (Chagas disease) are vector-borne, primarily by native vector species. Given the …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular Diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi Detected in the Vector Triatoma protracta from California, USA

LA Shender, MD Lewis, D Rejmanek… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease in humans and dogs, is
a vector-borne zoonotic protozoan parasite that can cause fatal cardiac disease. While …

Ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi I genotypes across Rhodnius prolixus captured in Attalea butyracea palms

C Poveda, A Higuera, P Urbano, JD Ramírez - Infection, Genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease exhibits significant genetic diversity. This
parasite is divided into six discrete typing units (DTUs) where T. cruzi I (TcI) is the most …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogeographic Pattern and Extensive Mitochondrial DNA Divergence Disclose a Species Complex within the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma dimidiata

FA Monteiro, T Peretolchina, C Lazoski, K Harris… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Triatoma dimidiata is among the main vectors of Chagas disease in Latin
America. However, and despite important advances, there is no consensus about the …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease vectors of Paraguay: Entomoepidemiological aspects of Triatoma sordida (Stål, 1859) and development of an identification key for …

NE Gonzalez-Britez, KCC Alevi… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Approximately 150,000 people are living with Chagas disease in Paraguay. Although the
country has been since 2008 considered as one of the countries that succeeded in …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic variation and phylogeography of the Triatoma dimidiata complex evidence a potential center of origin and recent divergence of haplogroups having differential …

A Pech-May, CJ Mazariegos-Hidalgo… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The population genetics of Triatoma dimidiata haplogroups was analyzed at landscape and
sub-regional scales in Chiapas and regional level across the Mexican Neotropics, and …