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The authors of previous studies reported that\n                    <jats:italic>T. nitida<\/jats:italic>\n                    is a secondary vector in Mexico and Central America, generally found between 40 and 1,500 MASL. Further research on\n                    <jats:italic>T. nitida<\/jats:italic>\n                    is needed to confirm whether its geographic distribution is expanding and to understand the potential role of vector distribution expansion in Chagas disease transmission.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.25-0272","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,9]],"date-time":"2025-10-09T19:17:29Z","timestamp":1760037449000},"page":"1211-1212","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["First Record of a Secondary Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma nitida in a High-Altitude Region"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"113","author":[{"given":"Pamela M.","family":"Pennington","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Estudios en Biotecnolog\u00eda, Instituto de Investigaciones, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jiichiro","family":"Yoshimoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Entomolog\u00eda Sistem\u00e1tica, Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad, Instituto de Investigaciones, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"Wkly Epidemiol Rec","first-page":"33","article-title":"Chagas disease in Latin America: An epidemiological update based on 2010 estimates","volume":"6","year":"2015"},{"key":"b2","series-title":"Adv Parasitol","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"129","DOI":"10.1016\/S0065-308X(05)61004-4","article-title":"Control of Chagas disease","volume":"61","author":"Yamagata","year":"2006"},{"key":"b3","series-title":"PLoS One","first-page":"e70974","article-title":"Phylogeographic pattern and extensive mitochondrial DNA divergence disclose a species complex within the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata.","volume":"8","author":"Monteiro","year":"2013"},{"key":"b4","series-title":"Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz","first-page":"37","article-title":"Geographic distribution and morphometric differentiation of Triatoma nitida Usinger 1939 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in Guatemala","volume":"98","author":"Monroy","year":"2003"},{"key":"b5","series-title":"Med Entomol Zool","first-page":"9","article-title":"The geographical distribution of vectors of Chagas disease and population at risk of infection in Guatemala","volume":"50","author":"Tabaru","year":"1999"},{"key":"b6","series-title":"Geospat Health","first-page":"199","article-title":"Environmental determinants of the distribution of Chagas disease vectors in south-eastern Guatemala","volume":"1","author":"Bustamante","year":"2007"},{"key":"b7","series-title":"J Med Entomol","first-page":"33","article-title":"Life-history data of a Mexican population of Triatoma nitida (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)","volume":"57","author":"Mart\u00ednez-Ibarra","year":"2020"},{"key":"b8","series-title":"PLoS One","first-page":"e104599","article-title":"Ecological, social and biological risk factors for continued Trypanosoma cruzi transmission by Triatoma dimidiata in Guatemala","volume":"9","author":"Bustamante","year":"2014"},{"key":"b9","series-title":"Am J Trop Med Hyg","first-page":"446","article-title":"Triatomine infestation in Guatemala: Spatial assessment after two rounds of vector control","volume":"86","author":"Manne","year":"2012"},{"key":"b10","series-title":"Bull Am Mus Nat His","first-page":"123","article-title":"Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas\u2019 disease","volume":"163","author":"Lent","year":"1979"},{"article-title":"Datos de Ocurrencia de Triatominos Americanos del Laboratorio de Triatominos del CEPAVE (CONICET-UNLP). 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