@article{fdi:010071305,
  title = {{W}ild populations of {T}riatoma infestans : compilation of positive sites and comparison of their ecological niche with domestic population niche},
  author = {{B}reni{\`e}re, {S}imone {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}rique and {B}uitrago, {R}. and {W}aleckx, {E}. and {D}epickere, {S}. and {S}osa, {V}. and {B}arnab{\'e}, {C}hristian and {G}orla, {D}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {F}or several years, the wild populations of {T}riatoma infestans, main vector of {T}rypanosoma cruzi causing {C}hagas disease, have been considered or suspected of being a source of reinfestation of villages. {T}he number of sites reported for the presence of wild {T}. infestans, often close to human habitats, has greatly increased, but these data are scattered in several publications, and others obtained by our team in {B}olivia have not been published yet. {M}ethodology/principal findings: {H}erein is compiled the largest number of wild sites explored for the presence of {T}. infestans collected with two methods {T}he standardized methods aimed to determine the relationship between wild {T}. infestans and the ecoregion, and the directed method help to confirm the presence/absence of triatomines in the ecoregions. {E}ntomological indices were compared between ecoregions and an environmental niche modelling approach, based on bioclimatic variables, was applied. {T}he active search for wild {T}. infestans in {B}olivia suggests a discontinuous distribution from the {A}ndean valleys to the lowlands ({C}haco), while the models used suggest a continuous distribution between the two regions and very large areas where wild populations remain to be discovered. {T}he results compile the description of different habitats where these populations were found, and we demonstrate that the environmental niches of wild and domestic populations, defined by climatic variables, are similar but not equivalent, showing that during domestication, {T}. infestans has conquered new spaces with wider ranges of temperature and precipitation. {C}onclusions/significance: {T}he great diversity of wild {T}. infestans habitats and the comparison of their ecological niches with that of domestic populations confirm the behavioural plasticity of the species that increase the possibility of contact with humans. {T}he result of the geographical distribution model of the wild populations calls for more entomological vigilance in the corresponding areas in the {S}outhern {C}one countries and in {B}olivia. {T}he current presentation is the most comprehensive inventory of wild {T}. infestans-positive sites that can be used as a reference for further entomological vigilance in inhabited areas.},
  keywords = {{C}hagas vector ; {G}eographical distribution ; {E}nvironmental niche model ; {C}limatic variables ; {T}riatoma infestans ; {W}ild ; {BOLIVIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}cta {T}ropica},
  volume = {176},
  numero = {},
  pages = {228--235},
  ISSN = {0001-706{X}},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.08.009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071305},
}