Browsing by Author "Quiroga, Nicol"

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    • Blood-meal sources and trypanosoma cruzi infection in coastal and insular triatomine bugs from the Atacama ... 
      Quiroga, Nicol; Correa, Juana P.; Campos Soto, Ricardo; San Juan, Esteban; Araya Donoso, Raúl; Díaz Campusano, Gabriel; González, Christian R.; Botto Mahan, Carezza Veronica (MDPI, 2022)
      Mepraia parapatrica is one of the lesser known and less abundant sylvatic triatomine species naturally infected by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. M. parapatrica lives in sympatry ...
    • Helminthic infection in three native rodent species from a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem Infecção por ... 
      Yáñez Meza, Andrea; Landaeta Aqueveque, Carlos; Quiroga, Nicol; Botto Mahan, Carezza (Brazilain Coll Veterinary Parasitology, 2019)
      Helminth parasites are still not a well-known component of animal biodiversity. In this study, we describe and compare the endoparasite assemblages of three native rodent species from a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem. A ...
    • Lizards as silent hosts of trypanosoma cruzi 
      Botto Mahan, Carezza Veronica; Correa, Juana P.; Araya Donoso, Raúl; Farías Pizarro, Francisca Javiera; San Juan C., Esteban; Quiroga, Nicol; Campos Soto, Ricardo; Reyes Olivares, Claudio; González Acuña, Daniel (Centers Disease Control & Prevention, 2022)
      We assessed 4 lizard species in Chile for Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, and 1 species for its ability to transmit the protozoan to uninfected kissing bugs. All lizard species were infected, and ...
    • Trypanosoma cruzi could affect wild triatomine approaching behaviour to humans by altering vector nutritional ... 
      Estay Olea, Daniela; Correa, Juana; Bona, Sophie de; Bacigalupo, Antonella; Quiroga, Nicol; San Juan, Esteban; Solari Illescas, Aldo; Botto Mahan, Carezza (Elsevier, 2020)
      Hematophagous insects exhibit complex behaviour when searching for blood-meals, responding to several host stimuli. The hematophagous insect Mepraia spinolai is a wild vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas ...