Genetically Distinct Carriers Of Chagas Disease-causing Parasite Live Together
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 20:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers have found living together the known carrier species for the Chagas disease-causing parasite Triatoma dimidiata (also known as "kissing bugs") and a cryptic species that looks the same -- but is genetically distinct from -- the known carrier species. The two species haven't interbred for as many as 5 million years, according to a report in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.