Eco-epidemiological study of an endemic Chagas disease region in northern Colombia reveals the importance of Triatoma maculata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), dogs and Didelphis marsupialis in Trypanosoma cruzi maintenance

BACKGROUND: In Colombia, Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata are the main domestic triatomine species known to transmit T. cruzi. However, there are multiple reports of T. cruzi transmission involving secondary vectors. In this work, we carried out an eco-epidemiological study on Margarita Isla...

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Autores principales: Cantillo-Barraza, Omar, Garcés, Edilson, Gómez-Palacio, Andrés, Cortés, Luis A., Pereira, André, Marcet, Paula L., Jansen, Ana M., Triana-Chávez, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26394766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1100-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26394766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1100-2

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