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dc.contributor.authorPeterson, A. Townsend
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Cordero, Víctor
dc.contributor.authorBeard, C. Ben
dc.contributor.authorRamsey, Janine M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-17T17:00:23Z
dc.date.available2010-08-17T17:00:23Z
dc.date.issued2002-07
dc.identifier.citationPeterson, A. T., V. Sánchez-Cordero, C. B. Beard, and J. M. Ramsey. 2002. Ecologic niche modeling and potential reservoirs for Chagas disease, Mexico. Emerging Infectious Diseases 8:662-667.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/6537
dc.descriptionCenters for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/01-0454.htm
dc.description.abstractEcologic niche modeling may improve our understanding of epidemiologically relevant vector and parasitereservoir distributions. We used this tool to identify host relationships of Triatoma species implicated in transmission of Chagas disease. Associations have been documented between the protracta complex (Triatoma: Triatominae: Reduviidae) with packrat species (Neotoma spp.), providing an excellent case study for the broader challenge of developing hypotheses of association. Species pairs that were identified coincided exactly with those in previous studies, suggesting that local interactions between Triatoma and Neotoma species and subspecies have implications at a geographic level. Nothing is known about sylvatic associates of T. barberi, which are considered the primary Chagas vector in Mexico; its geographic distribution coincided closely with that of N. mexicana, suggesting interaction. The presence of this species was confirmed in two regions where it had been predicted but not previously collected. This approach may help in identifying Chagas disease risk areas, planning vector-control strategies, and exploring parasite-reservoir associations for other emerging diseases.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/pdf/01-0454.pdf
dc.titleEcologic niche modeling and potential reservoirs for Chagas disease, Mexico
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorPeterson, A. Townsend
kusw.kudepartmentEcology & Evolutionary Biology
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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