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Antennal phenotype of Mexican haplogroups of the Triatoma dimidiata complex, vectors of Chagas disease.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2016
May-Concha Irving, Guerenstein Pablo G, Ramsey Janine M, Rojas Julio C, Catalá Silvia
Abstract excerpt
Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille) is a species complex that spans North, Central, and South America and which is a key vector of all known discrete typing units (DTU) of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease. Morphological and genetic studies indicate that T. dimidiata is a species complex with three principal haplogroups (hg) in Mexico. Different markers and traits are still inconclusive...
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