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. 2010 Mar;82(3):386–390. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0006

Table 1.

Distribution by habitat of Triatoma infestans positive for Trypanosoma cruzi

Habitat Total samples No. (%) T. cruzi positive* Total no. identified lineages Total
Cordillera Paraguari
Domicile 191 67 (35) 7 23 30
Peri-domicile 129 16 (12) 0 3 3
Total 320 83 (26) 7 26 33
*

T. cruzi-positive samples identified by using species-specific primers TCZ 1–TCZ 2 and 121–122.

Lineage-positive samples identified by using lineage-specific primers for mini-exon and 24Sα ribosomal RNA genes.