Table 2.
Percentage of Trypanosoma rangeli Samples Genotyped As KP1(−)/Lineage C Isolated from Triatomines and Mammalian Hosts in Loja Province (Southern Ecuador) and Manabí Province (Central Coastal Ecuador)
T. rangeli group | T. rangeli lineage | ||||
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Region/host/species | No. samples analyzed | KP1(−) (%) | N.D. (%) | C (%) | N.D. (%) |
Southern Ecuador (Loja) | 49 | 48 (98) | 1 (2) | 35 (71) | 14 (29) |
Mammal | |||||
Desmodus rotundus | 1 | 1 (100) | — | — | 1 (100) |
Didelphis marsupialis | 4 | 4 (100) | — | 3 (75) | 1 (25) |
Rhipidomys spp. | 3 | 3 (100) | — | 2 (67) | 1 (33) |
Sciurus stramineus | 3 | 3 (100) | — | 2 (67) | 1 (33) |
Triatomine | |||||
Panstrongylus chinai | 5 | 5 (100) | — | 2 (40) | 3 (60) |
Rhodnius ecuadoriensis | 31 | 30 (97) | 1 (3) | 24 (77) | 7 (23) |
Triatoma carrioni | 2 | 2 (100) | — | 2 (100) | — |
Western Ecuador (Manabí) | 62 | 62 (100) | — | 54 (87) | 8 (13) |
Mammal | |||||
Didelphis marsupialis | 1 | 1 (100) | — | — | 1 (100) |
Triatomine | |||||
Panstrongylus howardi | 3 | 3 (100) | — | 1 (33) | 2 (67) |
Panstongylus rufotuberculatus | 1 | 1 (100) | — | 1 (100) | — |
Rhodnius ecuadoriensis | 57 | 57 (100) | — | 52 (91) | 5 (9) |
Total | 111 | 110 (99) | 1 (1) | 89 (80) | 22 (20) |
N.D., not determined.