Author | Cortez, Mirko Rojas | |
Author | Pinho, Ana Paula | |
Author | Cuervo, Patricia | |
Author | Alfaro, Fernando | |
Author | Solano, Marco | |
Author | Xavier, Samanta C. C. | |
Author | D'Andrea, Paulo Sérgio | |
Author | Fernandes, Octavio | |
Author | Torrico, Faustino | |
Author | Noireau, François | |
Author | Jansen, Ana Maria | |
Access date | 2019-09-21T20:02:28Z | |
Available date | 2019-09-21T20:02:28Z | |
Document date | 2006 | |
Citation | CORTEZ, Mirko Rojas et al. Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida Trypanosomatidae): Ecology of the transmission cycle in the wild environment of the Andean valley of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Experimental Parasitology, v. 114, p. 305-313, June 2006. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0014-4894 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/35765 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Elsevier 12 Months | pt_BR |
Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Ecologia | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Ciclo de transmissão | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Andes Bolivianos | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Ambiente selvagem | pt_BR |
Title | Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida Trypanosomatidae): ecology of the transmission cycle in the wild environment of the Andean valley of Cochabamba, Bolivia | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.04.010 | |
Abstract | An active Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycle maintained by wild rodents in the Andean valleys of Cochabamba Bolivia is described. Wild and domestic Triatoma infestans with 60% infection with T. cruzi were found and was evidenced in 47.5% (rodents) and 26.7% (marsupial) by parasitological and/or serologycal methods. Phyllotis ocilae and the marsupial species Thylamys elegans, are the most important reservoirs followed by Bolomys lactens and Akodon boliviensis. In spite of both genotypes (TCI and TCII) being prevalent in Bolivia, in our study area only T. cruzi I is being transmitted. Our data suggest that wild T. infestans and wild small mammals play an important role in the maintenance of the transmission cycle of T. cruzi. Furthermore, the finding of high prevalence of T. cruzi infection in wild T. infestans point to the risk of the dispersion of Chagas' disease. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidad Mayor de San Simon. Facultad de Medicina. Cochabamba, Bolivia / Ministerio de Salud. Programa Nacional de Control de Chagas. La Paz, Bolivia. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidad Mayor de San Simon. Facultad de Biologia. Biodiversidad. Cochabamba, Bolivia | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidad Mayor de San Simon. Facultad de Medicina. Cochabamba, Bolivia. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidad Mayor de San Simon. Facultad de Medicina. Cochabamba, Bolivia. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | UR 16. Institut de Recherche pour le Dévelopment. Montpellier, France. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
Subject | Transmission cycle | pt_BR |
Subject | Wild environment | pt_BR |
Subject | Cochabamba | pt_BR |
Subject | Bolivia | pt_BR |
Subject | Ecology | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1090-2449 | |
Embargo date | 2025-01-01 | |