Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the wild Chagas disease vector, Mepraia spinolai: Parasitic load, discrete typing units, and blood meal sources

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2022-05

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Saavedra, Miguel, Bacigalupo, Antonella, Barrera, Maria Victoria, Vergara, Maria J., Alvarez-Duhart, Bárbara, Munoz-San Martín, Catalina, Solis, Rigoberto, Cattan, Pedro E.

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Elsevier BV

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https://repositorio.udla.cl/handle/udla/959

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106365

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Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, DTUs, Triatominae, Parasite load, Kissing bug

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Acta Tropica, 229, 106365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106365

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Background: Mepraia spinolai, a wild vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in Chile, is an abundant triatomine species that is frequently infected by the parasite that causes Chagas disease. The aim of this stu...

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