Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi strains circulating in C órdoba department (Colombia) isolated from triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) collected by the community.

CONCLUSIONS: These results revealed the presence of triatomines infected with T. cruzi inside dwellings in five municipalities of Córdoba. The dominant circulating T. cruzi strain was TcIDOM, a genotype associated with human Chagas disease and cardiomyopathies in Colombia. Our results highlight the importance of local community participation in entomological surveillance tasks. PMID: 31529814 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Biomedica : Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Biomedica Source Type: research