title: New discoveries of sylvatic Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) throughout the Bolivian Chaco.
abstract: Sylvatic populations of Triatoma infestans might be involved in the recolonization of human dwellings. We report here the discoveries of new T. infestans sylvatic foci in the Bolivian Chaco. Eighty-one triatomines were caught, 38 of which were identified as T. infestans. Triatoma sordida and Panstrongylus geniculatus were the other species collected. One T. infestans and one T. sordida were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi TcI; one T. infestans was infected with TcII. These discoveries add to the debate on the geographic distribution of sylvatic T. infestans populations, the geographic origin of the species, and the epidemiological role of these populations.
authors.affiliation: Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle, Université Montpellier - CNRS - IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, La Paz, Bolivia. etienne.waleckx@ird.fr
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Waleckx
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Depickère
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salas
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aliaga
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monje
authors.forename: Hiber
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Calle
authors.forename: Rosio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buitrago
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Noireau
authors.forename: Simone Frédérique
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Brenière
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001838:Bolivia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D010203:Panstrongylus / Q000145:classification; D010802:Phylogeny; D014224:Triatoma / Q000145:classification*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000472:pathogenicity