Table 1.
Distribution by habitat of Triatoma infestans positive for Trypanosoma cruzi
Habitat | Total samples | No. (%) T. cruzi positive* | Total no. identified lineages† | Total | |
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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.