Bacterial microbiota from the gut of , a vector of Chagas disease in Ecuador's Central Coast and Southern Andes.

Introduction: Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasite that is transmitted mainly by the feces of infected Triatomines. In Ecuador the main vector is which is distributed in several provinces of the country. More than 40% of these insects in the wild have as part of their intestinal microbiota.

High prevalence of Zika virus infection in populations of Aedes aegypti from South-western Ecuador.

We performed an arboviral survey in mosquitoes from four endemic Ecuadorian cities (Huaquillas, Machala, Portovelo and Zaruma) during the epidemic period 2016-2018. Collections were performed during the pre-rainy season (2016), peak transmission season (2017) and post-rainy season (2018). Ae.