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Bacterial microbiota from the gut of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis , a vector of Chagas disease in Ecuador's Central Coast and Southern Andes by Villacís, Juan F, López-Rosero, Andrea, Bustillos, Juan José, Cadena, Matías, Yumiseva, César A, Grijalva, Mario J, Villacís, Anita G

“…Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasite that is transmitted mainly by the feces of infected Triatomines. In Ecuador the main…”
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Evaluation of Selective Deltamethrin Application with Household and Community Awareness for the Control of Chagas Disease in Southern Ecuador by Grijalva, Mario J., Moncayo, Ana L., Yumiseva, Cesar A., Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofia, Baus, Esteban G., Villacís, Anita G.

“…Chagas disease is endemic in ∼70% of Ecuador. Rhodnius ecuadoriensis and Triatoma carrioni (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) are the primary vectors of Chagas disease in…”
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Population genomics and geographic dispersal in Chagas disease vectors: Landscape drivers and evidence of possible adaptation to the domestic setting by Hernandez-Castro, Luis E, Villacís, Anita G, Jacobs, Arne, Cheaib, Bachar, Day, Casey C, Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofía, Yumiseva, Cesar A, Bacigalupo, Antonella, Andersson, Björn, Matthews, Louise, Landguth, Erin L, Costales, Jaime A, Llewellyn, Martin S, Grijalva, Mario J

“…Accurate prediction of vectors dispersal, as well as identification of adaptations that allow blood-feeding vectors to thrive in built environments, are a…”
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Bats, Trypanosomes, and Triatomines in Ecuador: New Insights into the Diversity, Transmission, and Origins of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease by Pinto, C Miguel, Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofía, Tapia, Elicio E, Lobos, Simón E, Zurita, Alejandra P, Aguirre-Villacís, Fernanda, MacDonald, Amber, Villacís, Anita G, Lima, Luciana, Teixeira, Marta M G, Grijalva, Mario J, Perkins, Susan L

“…The generalist parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has two phylogenetic lineages associated almost exclusively with bats-Trypanosoma cruzi Tcbat and the subspecies T…”
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Determinants of intentions to prevent triatomine infestation based on the health belief model: An application in rural southern Ecuador by Bates, Benjamin R, Villacís, Anita G, Mendez-Trivino, Angela, Mendoza, Luis E, Grijalva, Mario J

“…Control of triatomine infestation is a key strategy for the prevention of Chagas disease (CD). To promote this strategy, it is important to know which…”
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Distribution of triatomine species in domestic and peridomestic environments in central coastal Ecuador by Grijalva, Mario J, Villacís, Anita G, Moncayo, Ana L, Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofia, Yumiseva, Cesar A, Baus, Esteban G

“…Although the central coast of the Ecuador is considered endemic for Chagas disease, few studies have focused on determining the risk of transmission in this…”
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The modern morphometric approach to identify eggs of Triatominae by Santillán-Guayasamín, Soledad, Villacís, Anita G, Grijalva, Mario J, Dujardin, Jean-Pierre

“…Egg morphometrics in the Triatominae has proved to be informative for distinguishing tribes or genera, and has been based generally on traditional…”
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Rhodnius (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera, Triatominae) genus in Bolivian Amazonia: a risk for human populations? by Depickère, Stéphanie, Villacís, Anita G, Santillán-Guayasamín, Soledad, Callapa Rafael, Jorgia Esperanza, Brenière, Simone Frédérique, Revollo Zepita, Susana

“…Abstract Background Chagas disease, one of the most important neglected tropical diseases in the countries of Latin America, is considered to be a particularly…”
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Life Cycle, Feeding, and Defecation Patterns of Triatoma carrioni (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), under Laboratory Conditions by Anabel Padilla, N., Moncayo, Ana L., Keil, Clifford B., Grijalva, Mario J., Villacís, Anita G.

“…Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida:Trypanosomatidae). It is transmitted to humans primarily through contaminated feces of…”
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Human Blood Meals in Sylvatic Triatomines Challenges Domestic-Centered Strategies for Prevention of Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission in Ecuador by Ocana-Mayorga, Sofia, Bustillos, Juan J, Villacís, Anita G, Moncayo, Ana L, Yumiseva, Cesar A, Brenière, Simone F, Grijalva, Mario J

“…Transmission risk of Chagas disease has been associated with human-vector contacts and triatomines colonizing dwellings, but alternative scenarios, independent…”
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Chagas vectors Panstrongylus chinai (Del Ponte, 1929) and Panstrongylus howardi (Neiva, 1911): chromatic forms or true species? by Villacís, Anita G, Dujardin, Jean-Pierre, Panzera, Francisco, Yumiseva, César A, Pita, Sebastián, Santillán-Guayasamín, Soledad, Orozco, Marco I, Mosquera, Katherine D, Grijalva, Mario J

“…Chagas disease is a parasitic infection transmitted by "kissing bugs" (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) that has a huge economic impact in Latin American…”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Chemical Control for Chagas Disease Vectors in Loja Province, Ecuador by Grijalva, Mario J, Villacís, Anita G, Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofia, Yumiseva, César A, Nieto-Sanchez, Claudia, Baus, Esteban G, Moncayo, Ana L

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of selective and community-wide house insecticide spraying in controlling triatomines in the…”
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Triatominae: does the shape change of non-viable eggs compromise species recognition? by Santillán-Guayasamín, Soledad, Villacís, Anita G, Grijalva, Mario J, Dujardin, Jean-Pierre

“…Eggs have epidemiological and taxonomic importance in the subfamily Triatominae, which contains Chagas disease vectors. The metric properties (size and shape)…”
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Would tropical climatic variations impact the genetic variability of triatomines: Rhodnius ecuadoriensis, principal vector of Chagas disease in Ecuador? by Villacís, Anita G., Bustillos, Juan José, Depickère, Stéphanie, Sánchez, Dino, Yumiseva, César A., Troya-Zuleta, Ana, Barnabé, Christian, Grijalva, Mario J., Brenière, Simone Frédérique

“…•Rhodnius ecuadoriensis is one of the main vectors of Chagas disease in Ecuador.•Cytb and LSU-rRNA gene sequences from sylvatic specimens captured in Central…”
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Triatomine Feeding Profiles and Trypanosoma cruzi Infection, Implications in Domestic and Sylvatic Transmission Cycles in Ecuador by Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofía, Bustillos, Juan José, Villacís, Anita G, Pinto, C Miguel, Brenière, Simone Frédérique, Grijalva, Mario J

“…Understanding the blood meal patterns of insects that are vectors of diseases is fundamental in unveiling transmission dynamics and developing strategies to…”
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Genetic data support speciation between Panstrongylus howardi and Panstrongylus chinai, vectors of Chagas disease in Ecuador by Barnabé, Christian, Grijalva, Mario J., Santillán-Guayasamín, Soledad, Yumiseva, Cesar A., Waleckx, Etienne, Brenière, Simone Frédérique, Villacís, Anita G.

“…Limited genetic data are currently available for three vectors of Chagas disease in Ecuador, Panstrongylus howardi, P. chinai, and P. rufotuberculatus…”
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Life Cycle, Feeding, and Defecation Patterns of Panstrongylus chinai (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Under Laboratory Conditions by Mosquera, Katherine D., Villacís, Anita G., Grijalva, Mario J.

“…Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Panstrongylus chinai (Del Ponte) is highly domiciliated in the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes and…”
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Multidisciplinary approach detects speciation within the kissing bug Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus populations (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) by Pita, Sebastián, Gómez-Palacio, Andrés, Lorite, Pedro, Dujardin, Jean Pierre, Chavez, Tamara, Villacís, Anita G, Galvão, Cleber, Panzera, Yanina, Calleros, Lucía, Pereyra-Mello, Santiago, Burgueño-Rodríguez, Gabriela, Panzera, Francisco

“…Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Hemiptera-Reduviidae) is a triatomine species with a wide geographic distribution and a broad phenotypic variability. In some…”
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Influence of ecological factors on the presence of a triatomine species associated with the arboreal habitat of a host of Trypanosoma cruzi by Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofía, Lobos, Simón E, Crespo-Pérez, Verónica, Villacís, Anita G, Pinto, C Miguel, Grijalva, Mario J

“…The white-naped squirrel, Simosciurus nebouxii (previously known as Sciurus stramineus), has recently been identified as an important natural host for…”
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Abundance, natural infection with trypanosomes, and food source of an endemic species of triatomine, Panstrongylus howardi (Neiva 1911), on the Ecuadorian Central Coast by Villacís, Anita G, Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofía, Lascano, Mauricio S, Yumiseva, César A, Baus, Esteban G, Grijalva, Mario J

“…The elimination of domestic triatomines is the foundation of Chagas disease control. Regional initiatives are eliminating introduced triatomine species. In…”
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