@article{fdi:010046352,
  title = {{W}ild {T}riatoma infestans, a potential threat that needs to be monitored},
  author = {{N}oireau, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he current persistence of {T}riatoma infestans, and therefore of {C}hagas disease transmission, in the {A}ndean valleys of {B}olivia and the {G}ran {C}haco (precisely where wild populations of the vector are widespread), indicates a possible relationship between these two occurrences. {T}his paper provides an overview of the current knowledge regarding wild {T}. infestans in {B}olivia. {T}he different morphs of the wild vector, their known distributions and some traits of their biology and ecology are presented. {P}articularly interesting is the considerable behavioural and chromatic plasticity that is displayed by wild {T}. infestans. {A}ccording to the biogeographic region, different morphs of the vector occur in rupicolous habitats (common form and {M}ataral morph in {A}ndean wild {T}. infestans) or arboreal ones ("dark morph" populations from the {C}haco). {T}he high genetic variability found at the microgeographical scale in {A}ndean wild {T}. infestans favours the hypothesis that the {A}ndes were the centre of origin and dispersal of {T}. infestans throughout {S}outh {A}merica. {T}he relevant question regarding the origin of domestic populations is also addressed. {F}inally, current considerations of the epidemiological significance of wild {T}. infestans are discussed in the context of recent discoveries. {E}ven if several observations support the epidemiological risk represented by wild {T}. infestans, the climatic and environmental conditions of their distribution areas would not favour the continued flow of triatomines between sylvatic refuges and domestic environments.},
  keywords = {{C}hagas disease ; {T}riatoma infestans ; sylvatic foci ; {B}olivia},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}emorias do {I}nstituto {O}swaldo {C}ruz},
  volume = {104},
  numero = {{S}uppl. 1},
  pages = {60--64},
  ISSN = {0074-0276},
  year = {2009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046352},
}