… Mepraia gajardoi and M. parapatrica are present in wild coastal areas [31]. … Locality 6
had most of the purely spatial clusters of infection, followed by Locality 5, where the ecotope …

… Mepraia gajardoi and Mepraia spinolai are endemic triatomine vector species of Trypanosoma
cruzi, a parasite … These vectors inhabit arid, semiarid and Mediterranean areas of Chile. …

… Background: Mepraia gajardoi and Mepraia spinolai are endemic triatomine vector species
… Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes in Mepraia spinolai from wild ecotopes in Northern Chile. Am …

… caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and transmitted by triatomine insects to several
mammal species. In Chile, the wild triatomine species are the endemic Mepraia species, and …

… Triatomines of Mepraia genus are wild vectors of T. … Mixed infections are more common in
ecotopes with high infection … Four DTU real-time PCR genotyping assays were performed for …

… mainland area and an island in northern Chile, and T. … Mepraia gajardoi and M. parapatrica
are species inhabiting … parapatrica is a wild vector, we showed that this triatomine species …

… Trypanosoma cruzi to humans and 150 species belonging to 24 families of domestic or wild
… gajardoi in the northern zone of Chile and 65 nymphs of 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th instars of M. …

… Mepraia gajardoi and M. parapatrica inhabit coastal and insular … Trypanosoma cruzi infection
in triatomine samples obtained for … cruzi in the wild cycle is urgent for developing adequate …

… gajardoi, and M. parapatrica are of the … infestans population in Chile are less adapted
to wild cycles [16]. … cruzi genotyping in BS of patients with chronic ChD, performed with …

… Trypanosoma cruzi I is the most diverse and geographically widespread DTU. Recently a
TcI genotype … parasite’s geographical distribution and ecotopes, including the vast variety of …