Phylogeographic pattern and extensive mitochondrial DNA divergence disclose a species complex within the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata.

<h4>Background</h4>Triatoma dimidiata is among the main vectors of Chagas disease in Latin America. However, and despite important advances, there is no consensus about the taxonomic status of phenotypically divergent T. dimidiata populations, which in most recent papers are regarded as...

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Main Authors: Fernando A Monteiro, Tatiana Peretolchina, Cristiano Lazoski, Kecia Harris, Ellen M Dotson, Fernando Abad-Franch, Elsa Tamayo, Pamela M Pennington, Carlota Monroy, Celia Cordon-Rosales, Paz Maria Salazar-Schettino, Andrés Gómez-Palacio, Mario J Grijalva, Charles B Beard, Paula L Marcet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23940678/pdf/?tool=EBI