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Trypanosoma cruzi population dynamics in the Central Ecuadorian Coast.
Acta tropica - 1 Nov 2015
Costales Jaime A, Jara-Palacios Miguel A, Llewellyn Martin S, Messenger Louisa A, Ocaña-Mayorga Sofía, Villacís Anita G, Tibayrenc Michel, Grijalva Mario J
Abstract excerpt
Chagas disease is the most important parasitic disease in Latin America. The causative agent, Trypanosoma cruzi, displays high genetic diversity and circulates in complex transmission cycles among domestic, peridomestic and sylvatic environments. In Ecuador, Rhodnius ecuadoriensis is known to be the major vector species implicated in T. cruzi transmission. However, across vast areas of Ecuador, little is known...
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