Two Triatoma dimidiata Clades (Chagas Disease Vector) Associated with Different Habitats in Southern Mexico and Central America

Paulino Tamay-Segovia Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Fernando Martínez Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Guiehdani Villalobos Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Francisco J. Zavala-Díaz de la Serna Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Patricia de la Torre Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Juan Pedro Laclette Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Selene Blum-Domínguez Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Bertha Espinoza Centro de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campeche, México; Departamento de Parasitología, y Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Distrito Federal, México; Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México

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Triatoma dimidiata is the only reported Chagas disease vector in Campeche, Mexico. The purpose of this study was to determine the genetic variability of vectors from Campeche coastal and rain forest areas and establish a phylogenetic relationship with other T. dimidiata populations by analyzing the internal transcribed spacer-2 (ITS-2) region. The sequence length of samples from Campeche ranged from 469 to 478 basepairs. The ITS-2 variability among the populations enabled us to classify them into two clades with an 18–22 nucleotide difference. The genetic distance (0.042) between them confirms this divergence. Phylogenetic analysis of gene genealogies confirmed these two clades. Furthermore, the population genetic analyses showed two groups with little genetic similarity or migration between them. One group was associated with the tropical forest area and the other group was associated with a mainly coastal distribution. This correlation was also observed when T. dimidiata from other regions of Mexico and Central America were analyzed.

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Reprint requests: Bertha Espinoza, Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Au-tónoma de México, Circuito Escolar, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 04510, Distrito Federal, México, E-mail: besgu@biomedicas.unam.mx.
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