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    New Discoveries of Sylvatic Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Throughout the Bolivian Chaco
    (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012) Etienne Waleckx; Stéphanie Depickère; Renata Salas; Claudia Aliaga; Marcelo Monje; Hiber Calle; Rosio Buitrago; François Noireau; Simone Frédérique Brénière
    Sylvatic populations of Triatoma infestans might be involved in the recolonization of human dwellings. We report here the discoveries of new T. infestans sylvatic foci in the Bolivian Chaco. Eighty-one triatomines were caught, 38 of which were identified as T. infestans. Triatoma sordida and Panstrongylus geniculatus were the other species collected. One T. infestans and one T. sordida were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi TcI; one T. infestans was infected with TcII. These discoveries add to the debate on the geographic distribution of sylvatic T. infestans populations, the geographic origin of the species, and the epidemiological role of these populations.