%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Buitrago, R.
%A Waleckx, E.
%A Bosseno, Marie-France
%A Zoveda, F.
%A Vidaurre, P.
%A Salas, R.
%A Mamani, E.
%A Noireau, François
%A Brenière, Simone Frédérique
%T First report of widespread wild populations of Triatoma infestans (Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the valleys of La Paz, Bolivia
%D 2010
%L fdi:010049402
%G ENG
%J American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
%@ 0002-9637
%M ISI:000276219700012
%N 4
%P 574-579
%R 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0325
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049402
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-08/010049402.pdf
%V 82
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Wild populations of Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease in the Southern Cone countries, may be involved in reinfestation of human dwellings, limiting the success of vector-control campaigns in Bolivia. Knowledge of the distribution of these populations remains incomplete. We report here the detection of T infestans wild populations in large areas in the department of La Paz, Bolivia. Among 18 sylvatic areas investigated, 17 were positive with T infestans specimens. The infection rate of captured T infestans with Trypanosoma cruzi was 85.7% in adult specimens. These results expand the geographical distribution of wild populations of T. infestans; it may be distributed throughout the Inter-Andean Dry Forest eco-region of Bolivia. The current information allows us to propose the hypothesis that a sylvatic origin of the reinfestation is located in the valleys of La Paz.
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