Host-Feeding Sources and Infection WithTrypanosoma cruziofTriatoma infestansandTriatoma eratyrusiformis(Hemiptera: Reduviidae) From the Calchaqui Valleys in Northwestern Argentina

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We assessed the prevalence of infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, parasite genotypes (discrete typing units, DTUs), and the host-feeding sources of domestic and peridomestic Triatoma infestans Klug and Triatoma eratyrusiformis Del Ponte in eight rural communities of the subandean Calchaqui valleys in northwestern Argentina. We sought to analyze their epidemiological role in the context of routine vector...

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