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MOLECULAR INDIVIDUAL-BASED APPROACH ON TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS: INFERENCES ON TRIATOMINE FOCI, TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI NATURAL INFECTION PREVALENCE, PARASITE DIVERSITY AND FEEDING SOURCES
Tripanosoma cruzi
Abordagem Molecular baseado no indivíduo
Controle de vetores
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas Disease
Vector control
Molecular Individual-Based Approach
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Araraquara, SP, Brasil / UMR EGCE (Evolution, Genome, Comportment, Ecologie), CNRS-IRD-Univ. Paris-Sud, IDEEV, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France / Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental – PPGEMA. PB, Brasil .
UMR EGCE (Evolution, Genome, Comportment, Ecologie), CNRS-IRD-Univ. Paris-Sud, IDEEV. Université Paris-Saclay. Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
UMR EGCE (Evolution, Genome, Comportment, Ecologie), CNRS-IRD-Univ. Paris-Sud, IDEEV. Université Paris-Saclay. Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France / Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
UMR EGCE (Evolution, Genome, Comportment, Ecologie), CNRS-IRD-Univ. Paris-Sud, IDEEV. Université Paris-Saclay. Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
UMR EGCE (Evolution, Genome, Comportment, Ecologie), CNRS-IRD-Univ. Paris-Sud, IDEEV. Université Paris-Saclay. Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France / Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
Abstract
We used an individual-based molecular multisource approach to assess the epidemiological
importance of Triatoma brasiliensis collected in distinct sites and ecotopes in Rio Grande
do Norte State, Brazil. In the semi-arid zones of Brazil, this blood sucking bug is the most
important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi—the parasite that causes Chagas disease. First,
cytochrome b (cytb) and microsatellite markers were used for inferences on the genetic
structure of five populations (108 bugs). Second, we determined the natural T. cruzi infection
prevalence and parasite diversity in 126 bugs by amplifying a mini-exon gene from triatomine
gut contents. Third, we identified the natural feeding sources of 60 T. brasiliensis by
using the blood meal content via vertebrate cytb analysis. Demographic inferences based
on cytb variation indicated expansion events in some sylvatic and domiciliary populations.
Microsatellite results indicated gene flow between sylvatic and anthropic (domiciliary and
peridomiciliary) populations, which threatens vector control efforts because sylvatic population
are uncontrollable. A high natural T. cruzi infection prevalence (52–71%) and two parasite
lineages were found for the sylvatic foci, in which 68% of bugs had fed on Kerodon
rupestris (Rodentia: Caviidae), highlighting it as a potential reservoir. For peridomiciliary
bugs, Galea spixii (Rodentia: Caviidae) was the main mammal feeding source, which may
reinforce previous concerns about the potential of this animal to link the sylvatic and domiciliary
T. cruzi cycles.
Keywords in Portuguese
Doença de ChagasTripanosoma cruzi
Abordagem Molecular baseado no indivíduo
Controle de vetores
Rio Grande do Norte
Keywords
Triatoma brasiliensisRio Grande do Norte
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas Disease
Vector control
Molecular Individual-Based Approach
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