Bats, Trypanosomes, and Triatomines in Ecuador: New Insights into the Diversity, Transmission, and Origins of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease

• C. Miguel Pinto ,

  * E-mail: pintom@si.edu

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga,

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Tropical Disease Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

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• Elicio E. Tapia,

  Affiliation Fundación Otonga, Quito, Ecuador

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• Simón E. Lobos,

  Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Alejandra P. Zurita,

  Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Fernanda Aguirre-Villacís,

  Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Amber MacDonald,

  Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Anita G. Villacís,

  Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Luciana Lima,

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Marta M. G. Teixeira,

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Mario J. Grijalva,

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Tropical Disease Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

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• Susan L. Perkins

  Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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