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Effects of genetic factors and infection status on wing morphology of Triatoma dimidiata species complex in the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2011
Nouvellet Pierre, Ramirez-Sierra Maria Jesus, Dumonteil Eric, Gourbière Sébastien
Abstract excerpt
Triatoma dimidiata is one of the main vectors of Chagas disease, and it has been shown to be a species complex. In the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico, vector populations are non-domiciliated, and the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi thus critically relies on vector dispersal. This leads us to study the morphologic variations in T. dimidiata wings with respect to genetic factors (sex and genotype at the ITS-2 locus),...
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