Dynamics of food sources, ecotypic distribution and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma brasiliensis from the northeast of Brazil.

• Main Authors: Maurício Lilioso (Author), Carolina Reigada (Author), Dayane Pires-Silva (Author), Fernanda von H M Fontes (Author), Cleanne Limeira (Author), Jackeline Monsalve-Lara (Author), Elaine Folly-Ramos (Author), Myriam Harry (Author), Jane Costa (Author), Carlos Eduardo Almeida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Innovative approaches used to combat Chagas disease transmission tend to combine a set of comprehensive efforts to understand the ecology of local vectors. In this work we identified molecularly the blood meal of 181 Triatoma brasiliensis, distributed in 18 populations (8 sylvatic and 10 peridomesti...