… Trypanosoma cruzi infection in 397 wild Mepraia gajardoi specimens from five coastal
localities in northern Chile by … The wild capture sites were classified into two ecotopes: a fully …

… 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 …

… Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes in Mepraia gajardoi from wild ecotopes in Northern Chile.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012; 88 (2): 285-288 …

… There are three species in this genus: Mepraia gajardoi Frías, Henry and González; M.
spinolai (… and rabbits in rocky sylvatic ecotopes, in henhouses and goat corrals in peridomestic …

… the most important wild vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative … In Chile, the wild vectors
of Chagas disease are Mepraia … this method to genotype with the old clonets and present T. …

… 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 …

… out of 10; we were unable to genotype the other 3 samples. Our … gajardoi, distributed in the
coastal zone from 18 to 26S, … the wild environment because the houses overlap the wild areas…

… gajardoi and M. parapatrica inhabit coastal areas, while M. … cruzi genotyping of insect
feces. The presence of infected … The distribution in wild and peri-domestic habitats, the …