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Integrative metabarcoding reveals Trypanosoma cruzi infection, blood-feeding sources, and gut microbiota in the peridomestic vector Triatoma costalimai

The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi , the etiological agent of Chagas disease, has a complex cycle involving interactions with triatomine vectors and a variety of vertebrate hosts across sylvatic, peridomestic, and domestic niches. Triatoma costalimai (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)...