Eco-epidemiological Implications of the Diversity of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Ecuador: what do we know and what do we need to do?

Abstract:

Chagas disease affects Latin-American countries and Ecuador is not the exception. The kissing bugs, Triatominae are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi the causative agent of this disease. At least 151 triatomine species have been recognized as potential vectors worldwide. Sixteen species of Triatominae have been reported in Ecuador, distributed in twenty of the twenty-four provinces. Over the last 10 years, our group from the Center for Research Health in Latin America (CISeAL) at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, and the Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute at Ohio University carried out intensive research in two very different provinces, Manabi (central coastal region) and Loja (southern Andean region), which they reported as having the highest level of triatomine infestations within the country. These two regions differ from each other specifically in their: 1) bioclimatic conditions, 2) material of the …

Año de publicación:

2020

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