Trypanosoma cruzi infection follow-up in a sylvatic vector of Chagas disease: Comparing early and late stage nymphs.

• Main Authors: Valeria Cortés (Author), Amalia Cruz (Author), Sofia Onetti (Author), Daniela Kinzel (Author), Javiera Garcia (Author), Sylvia Ortiz (Author), Angélica Lopez (Author), Pedro E Cattan (Author), Carezza Botto-Mahan (Author), Aldo Solari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by the triatomine Mepraia spinolai in the southwest of South America. Here, we examined the T. cruzi-infection dynamics of field-caught M. spinolai after laboratory feeding, with a follow-up procedure on bug populations collected in winte...