Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida Trypanosomatidae): ecology of the transmission cycle in the wild environment of the Andean valley of Cochabamba, Bolivia

dc.creatorCortez, Mirko Rojas
dc.creatorPinho, Ana Paula
dc.creatorCuervo, Patricia
dc.creatorAlfaro, Fernando
dc.creatorSolano, Marco
dc.creatorXavier, Samanta C. C.
dc.creatorD'Andrea, Paulo Sérgio
dc.creatorFernandes, Octavio
dc.creatorTorrico, Faustino
dc.creatorNoireau, François
dc.creatorJansen, Ana Maria
dc.date2019-09-21T20:02:28Z
dc.date2019-09-21T20:02:28Z
dc.date2006
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T21:12:56Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T21:12:56Z
dc.identifierCORTEZ, Mirko Rojas et al. Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida Trypanosomatidae): Ecology of the transmission cycle in the wild environment of the Andean valley of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Experimental Parasitology, v. 114, p. 305-313, June 2006.
dc.identifier0014-4894
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/35765
dc.identifier10.1016/j.exppara.2006.04.010
dc.identifier1090-2449
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8870954
dc.descriptionAn active Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycle maintained by wild rodents in the Andean valleys of Cochabamba Bolivia is described. Wild and domestic Triatoma infestans with 60% infection with T. cruzi were found and was evidenced in 47.5% (rodents) and 26.7% (marsupial) by parasitological and/or serologycal methods. Phyllotis ocilae and the marsupial species Thylamys elegans, are the most important reservoirs followed by Bolomys lactens and Akodon boliviensis. In spite of both genotypes (TCI and TCII) being prevalent in Bolivia, in our study area only T. cruzi I is being transmitted. Our data suggest that wild T. infestans and wild small mammals play an important role in the maintenance of the transmission cycle of T. cruzi. Furthermore, the finding of high prevalence of T. cruzi infection in wild T. infestans point to the risk of the dispersion of Chagas' disease.
dc.description2025-01-01
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier 12 Months
dc.rightsrestricted access
dc.subjectTrypanosoma cruzi
dc.subjectEcologia
dc.subjectCiclo de transmissão
dc.subjectAndes Bolivianos
dc.subjectAmbiente selvagem
dc.subjectTrypanosoma cruzi
dc.subjectTransmission cycle
dc.subjectWild environment
dc.subjectCochabamba
dc.subjectBolivia
dc.subjectEcology
dc.titleTrypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida Trypanosomatidae): ecology of the transmission cycle in the wild environment of the Andean valley of Cochabamba, Bolivia
dc.typeArticle


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