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Rural Triatoma rubrovaria from southern Brazil harbors Trypanosoma cruzi of lineage IIc.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Sept 2008
Martins Luciamáre P A, Marcili Arlei, Castanho Roberto E P, Therezo Altino L S, de Oliveira Janaína C P, Suzuki Rodrigo B, Teixeira Marta M G, da Rosa João A, Sperança Márcia A
Abstract excerpt
Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease, has nearly been eliminated from Brazil. Nevertheless, other triatominae species are involved in the domiciliation process, including Triatoma rubrovaria in Rio Grande do Sul State (RS). Previous studies showed that 1.6% of the T. rubrovaria specimens collected at the rural district of Quaraí, RS, were naturally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi. In this study,...
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