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High genetic diversity in a single population of Triatoma sanguisuga (LeConte, 1855) inferred from two mitochondrial markers: Cytochrome b and 16S ribosomal DNA.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2011
de la Rua N, Stevens L, Dorn P L
Abstract excerpt
Chagas disease remains endemic across much of Latin America, but is largely enzootic--restricted to wild mammals and triatomine vectors in the United States. Within the United States, there are ten recognized species of triatomines and 18 mammals reported naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. However, only six cases of autochthonous vector-borne transmission of T. cruzi...
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