Atlas of Mexican Triatominae (Reduviidae: Hemiptera) and vector transmission of Chagas disease.

ABSTRACT: Chagas disease is one of the most important yet neglected parasitic diseases in Mexico and is transmitted by Triatominae. Nineteen of the 31 Mexican triatomine species have been consistently found to invade human houses and all have been found to be naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. The present paper aims to produce a state-of-knowledge atlas of Mexican triatomines and analyse their geographic associations with T. cruzi, human demographics and landscape modification. Ecological niche models (ENMs) were constructed for the 19 species with more than 10 records in North America, as well as for T. cruzi. The 2010 Mexican national census and the 2007 National Forestry Inventory were used to analyse overlap patterns with ENMs. Niche breadth was greatest in species from the semiarid Near

SUBMITTER: Ramsey JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4489471 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature