Ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi I genotypes across Rhodnius prolixus captured in Attalea butyracea palms

Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease exhibits significant genetic diversity. This parasite is divided into six discrete typing units (DTUs) where T. cruzi I (TcI) is the most widespread in the Americas. TcI genotypes have been associated to domestic and sylvatic cycles of transmission (TcIDom and sylvatic TcI). Due to the importance of the enzootic transmission, we determined the frequency of TcI genotypes present in Rhodnius prolixus captured in different regions of the palm A. butyracea to understand the ecology of the disease and the importance of A. butyracea palms as ecotopes of R. prolixus. Forty A. butyracea palms were sampled (base crown, mid-point and crown) capturing 105 individuals identified as R. prolixus by morphological and molecular barcoding. We conducted molecular detection and typing of T. cruzi across 59 individuals. The results showed that all the insects were infected with TcI; 28.57% were sylvatic TcI, 12.38% TcIDom and 15,24% mixed infections (TcIDom/sylvatic TcI). Statistical analysis showed a similar behavior between TcIDom and mixed infections in the mid-point and at the crown of the palm, being more frequent in the crown, while sylvatic TcI does not seem to have a specific association with any of the sampled areas. These findings are consistent with other studies showing high mobility of the insect vector between different ecotopes, increasing the need to develop improvements in the programs of disease control. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.

• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/24302
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.01.017; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24302
• Palabra clave: Adult; Arecaceae; Article; Attalea butyracea; Controlled study; Disease control; Disease transmission; Molecular typing; Nonhuman; Principal component analysis; Rhodnius prolixus; Taxonomic identification; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma cruzi i; Animal; Arecaceae; Chagas disease; Classification; Colombia; Ecosystem; Genetics; Genotype; Human; Insect control; Insect vector; Isolation and purification; Organization and management; Parasitology; Phylogeny; Plant leaf; Rhodnius; Transmission; Trypanosoma cruzi; Protozoal dna; Animals; Arecaceae; Chagas disease; Colombia; Ecosystem; Genotype; Humans; Insect control; Insect vectors; Molecular typing; Phylogeny; Plant leaves; Rhodnius; Trypanosoma cruzi; A; Butyracea; Chagas disease; Domestic cycle; Dtus; R; Prolixus; Sylvatic cycle; T; Cruzi; protozoan; Dna
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