Table 7. Trypanosoma cruzi and T. rangeli infection of triatomines collected in rural communities in Loja province.
| Domicile | Peridomicile | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triatomine | No. Triatomines analyzed | infected with T. cruzi (%) | infected with T. rangeli (%) | No. Triatomines analyzed | infected with T. cruzi (%) | infected with T. rangeli (%) | No. Triatomines analyzed | infected with T. cruzi (%) | infected with T. rangeli (%) |
| R. ecuadoriensis | 74 | 22 (29,7) | 2 (2,7) | 260 | 26 (10,0) | 3 (1,2) | 334 | 48 (14,4) | 5 (1,5) |
| T. carrioni | 179 | 8 (4,5) | 2 (1,1) | 120 | 10 (8,3) | 0 (0) | 299 | 18 (6,0) | 2 (0,7) |
| P. chinai | 88 | 12 (13,6) | 4 (4,5) | 21 | 2 (9,5) | 2 (9.5) | 109 | 14 (12,8) | 6 (5,5) |
| P. rufotuberculatus | 12 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 | ------ | ------ | 12 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 353 | 42 (11,9) | 8 (2,3) | 401 | 38 (9,5) | 5 (1,2) | 754 | 80 (10,6) | 13 (1,7) |
Rhodnius (R), Triatoma (T), Pastrongylus (P)