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Chagas vectors Panstrongylus chinai (Del Ponte, 1929) and Panstrongylus howardi (Neiva, 1911): chromatic forms or true species?
Parasites & vectors - 6 May 2020
Villacís Anita G, Dujardin Jean-Pierre, Panzera Francisco, Yumiseva César A, Pita Sebastián, Santillán-Guayasamín Soledad, Orozco Marco I, Mosquera Katherine D, Grijalva Mario J
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BACKGROUND: Chagas disease is a parasitic infection transmitted by "kissing bugs" (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) that has a huge economic impact in Latin American countries. The vector species with the upmost epidemiological importance in Ecuador are Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Lent & Leon, 1958) and Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811). However, other species such as Panstrongylus howardi (Neiva, 1911) and...
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