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Table 1 Frequency of infection with T. cruzi among eco-epidemiological variables

From: Trypanosoma cruzi infection, discrete typing units and feeding sources among Psammolestes arthuri (Reduviidae: Triatominae) collected in eastern Colombia

Eco-epidemiological variable

T. cruzi

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

All (95% CI)

Ecotope

 Sylvatic

41 (97.6)

17 (94.4)

58 (89.7–99.3)

 Domestic

1 (2.4)

1 (5.6)

2 (0.7–10.3)

Insect stages

 Adults

42 (100)

15 (83.3)

57 (87.3–98.6)

 Nymphs

0 (0)

3 (16.7)

3 (1.4–12.7)

Sex

 Male

22 (52.4)

7 (46.7)

29 (38.1–63.5)

 Female

20 (47.6)

8 (53.3)

28 (16.0–38.1)

Bird nest

 Phacellodomus rufifrons

29 (70.7)

14 (82.4)

43 (61.9–84.0)

 Cacicus cela

12 (29.3)

3 (17.6)

15 (16.0–38.1)