Vector mapping and bloodmeal metabarcoding demonstrate risk of urban Chagas disease transmission in Caracas, Venezuela.

• Main Authors: Maikell Segovia (Author), Philipp Schwabl (Author), Salem Sueto (Author), Candy Cherine Nakad (Author), Juan Carlos Londoño (Author), Marlenes Rodriguez (Author), Manuel Paiva (Author), Martin Stephen Llewellyn (Author), Hernán José Carrasco (Author)
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• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Chagas disease is a significant public health risk in rural and semi-rural areas of Venezuela. Triatomine infection by the aetiological agent Trypanosoma cruzi is also observed in the Metropolitan District of Caracas (MDC), where foodborne T. cruzi outbreaks occasionally occur but active vector-to-h...