INVESTIGADORES
RABINOVICH Jorge Eduardo
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Influence of Environmental Stochasticity in virulence evolution: the example of Chagas Disease
Autor/es:
NGUYEN, A.; FOUCHET, D.; RAJON, E.; PONTIER, D.; SIBERCHICOT, A.; J. E. RABINOVICH; GOURBIÈRE, S.; MENU, F.
Lugar:
Tours
Reunión:
Congreso; Congreso ?Vector-Borne Diseases: A Multidisciplinary Approach?; 2013
Institución organizadora:
Universidad de Tours
Resumen:
Chagas disease is a chronic infection responsible of thousands of death each year in Latin America. The main cycle of transmission includes hosts (human, dog, opossum, raccoon) and vectors which are hematophagous kissing bugs : the Triatomine (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). The pathogen is a flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi.Vectors populations are subjected to the effects of the environmental stochasticity, defined as unpredictable variations of the environment.In this context, our objective is to study the impact of such environmental stochasticity on the evolution of virulence of T. cruzi using Adaptive Dynamics approach.
