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Table 5 Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi using the amplification of cox2, of the mini-exon intergenic spacer (SL-IL) and polymorphism of the D7 divergent domain of the gene 24αrDNA-LSU rDNA, Tauá municipality, Ceará, Brazil, 2009 to 2015

From: Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911: food sources and diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in wild and artificial environments of the semiarid region of Ceará, northeastern Brazil

Period

Place of capture

Ecotope

Associated species

No. of samples

TcI

TcII

TcIII

February 2009

Peridomicile

Bricks

T. brasiliensis

6

6

Stones

T. brasiliensis

1

1

Firewood

T. brasiliensis

5

5

Wild

Stones

T. brasiliensis

2

1

1

n

  

14

5

8

1

August 2009

Wild

Stones

T. brasiliensis

6

6

n

  

6

6

0

March 2010

Intradomicile

Intradomicile

T. brasiliensis

2

1

1

Peridomicile

Roofing tiles

T. brasiliensis

2

1

1

Sheepfold

T. brasiliensis

1

1

Chicken coop

T. brasiliensis

2

2

Wild

Stones

Monodelphis domestica a

1

1

n

  

8

3

3

2

October 2010

Intradomicile

Intradomicile

T. brasiliensis

1

1

Peridomicile

Pigsty

T. brasiliensis

4

4

Roofing tiles

T. brasiliensis

3

2

1

n

  

8

7

1

August 2015

Intradomicile

Intradomicile

T. brasiliensis

1

1

Peridomicile

Chicken coop

T. pseudomaculata

1

1

Roofing tiles

T. brasiliensis

2

2

Firewood

T. brasiliensis

1

1

Wild

Stones

T. brasiliensis

3

-

-

3

n

  

8

3

1

4

 

N

  

44

18

19

7

  1. aBezerra et al. [47]
  2. Abbreviations: TcI T. cruzi I, TcII T. cruzi II, TcIII T. cruzi III, n, subtotal: N, total