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Testing Phylogeographic Hypotheses in Mepraia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Suggests a Complex Spatio-Temporal Colonization in the Coastal Atacama Desert

Campos-Soto, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Valenzuela, Evelyn; Díaz-Campusano, Gabriel; Boric-Bargetto, Dusan; Zúñiga-Reinoso, Álvaro; Cianferoni, Franco; Torres-Pérez, Fernando (2022-04-29)

Mepraia is a genus (Triatominae) endemic to Chile and a vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. Alternative phylogeographic hypotheses have been suggested for Mepraia. We tested different colonization routes hypothesized using ...

Lizards as Silent Hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi

Botto-Mahan, Carezza; Correa, Juana P.; Araya-Donoso, Raúl; Farías, Francisca; San Juan, Esteban; Quiroga, Nicol; Campos-Soto, Ricardo; Reyes-Olivares, Claudio; González-Acuña, Daniel (2022-06)

We assessed 4 lizard species in Chile for Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, and 1 species for its ability to transmit the protozoan to uninfected kissing bugs. All lizard species were infected, and ...

Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat) and Histiotus montanus (small big-eared brown bat) from Chile

Quiroga, Nicol; Campos Soto, Ricardo; Yánez Meza, Andrea; Rodríguez San Pedro, Annia; Allendes, Juan L.; Bacigalupo, Antonella; Botto-Mahan, Carezza; Correa, Juana P. (2021-10-21)

The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, is transmitted by infected feces or consumption of blood-sucking triatomine insects to several mammalian orders including Chiroptera. In Chile, the ...

Salvia guaranitica A. St.-Hil. ex Benth. (Lamiaceae): a new record for the alien flora of Chile

Santa Cruz, Javier; González, Diego; Valdebenito, Samuel; Peñaloza, Patricia (2021-06-30)

Salvia guaranitica A. St.-Hil. ex Benth. es descrita como una nueva especie exótica para la flora vascular de Chile. Se incluye una breve descripción, ilustración y una clave de identificación de las especies de Salvia ...

Impact of Mother Plant Saline Stress on the Agronomical Qualityof Pepper Seeds

Pezo, Carolina; Valdebenito, Samuel; Flores, Fernanda; Oyanedel, Eduardo; Vidal, Kooichi; Neaman, Alexander; Peñaloza, Patricia (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2020)

Seed quality has been an important factor in achieving high germination and uniform growth rates in agricultural crops.Meanwhile, pepper plants are moderately sensitive to salt stress at electrical conductivity (EC) in the ...

Caracterización y evolución temporal de la mortalidad por zoonosis bajo declaración obligatoria, entre los años 1997 y 2018

Reyes, Rodolfo; Yohannessen, Karla; Cuadros, Natalia (2021-07-30)

Introducción: Las zoonosis son enfermedades transmitidas desde un hospedador animal al ser humano o viceversa. En Chile, las zoonosis de Notificación Obligatoria (NO) son: brucelosis, carbunco, triquinosis, hidatidosis, ...

Polyphasic studies of new species of Diaporthe from native forest in Chile, with descriptions of Diaporthe araucanorum sp. nov., Diaporthe foikelawen sp. nov. and Diaporthe patagonica sp. nov.

Zapata, Mario; Palma, María Antonieta; Aninat, María José; Piontelli, Eduardo (International Journal of Systematic an Evolucionary Microbiology (IJSEM - Microbiology Society), 2020)

During a survey of fungi in native forests in Chile, several unidentified isolates of Diaporthe were collected from different hosts. The isolates were characterized based on DNA comparisons, morphology, culture characteristics ...

Chilean regulations on metal-polluted soils: The need to advance fromadapting foreign laws towards developing sovereign legislation

Neaman, Alexander; Valenzuela, Patricio; Tapia-Gatica, Jaime; Selles, Iván; Novoselov, Alexey A.; Elvira A. Dovletyarova; Yáñez, Carolina; Krutyakov, Yurii A.; Stuckey, Jason W. (Environmental Research, 2020)

Chile as a major international Cu producer faces serious soil contamination issues in mining areas. CurrentlyChile does not have any specific law governing the maximum permissible concentrations of metals in soils toprotect ...

Bartonella Infection in Stray Dogs from Central and Southern Chile (Linares and Puerto Montt)

Weinborn-Astudillo, Romy M.; Pau, Natalia; Tobar, Bret Z.; Jaffe, David A.; Boulouis, Henri-Jean; Sepúlveda, Paulina; Müller, Ananda; Chomel, Bruno B. (Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2020)

Bartonellae are emerging zoonotic vector-borne pathogens causing a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms in humans and animals, including life-threatening endocarditis. Dogs are infected with a wide range of Bartonella species ...

Evaluation of the efficacy of essential oils of Lavandula angustifolia and Eucalyptus globulus for the control of Varroa destructor in Apis mellifera: A randomised field study

Ahumada, Mario F.; Marcos, José L.; Cadavid, Agnes; Bañares, Gloria V.; Silva, Cristian M.; Olivares, Yerko A.; Müller, Heine Y. (2022-03-30)

Varroa destructor is the most harmful and widespread parasite that spreads disease in bees. Eucalyptus spp essential oils (EOs), has been shown to be effective against V. destructor. Additionally, Lavender spp EOs treatment, ...