Publications by authors named "Mildred Mejia"
A five-year domiciliary collection in the 22 departments of Guatemala showed that out of 4,128 triatomines collected, 1,675 were Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811), 2,344 were Rhodnius prolixus Stal 1859, and only 109 were T. nitida Usinger 1939. The Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was found in all three species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTriatoma nitida was found in 14 (0.4%) out of 3,726 houses located in six departments across Guatemala, which were surveyed from 1994 to 1998 by the man-hour collection method. Compared to previous information, the distribution of T.
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- Genetic studies on mtDNA and the Y chromosome have aimed to explore the relationships among three Native American language groups: Amerind, Na-Dene, and Eskimo-Aleut.
- The study also investigated human polyomavirus JC (JCV) to understand its role in these relationships, focusing on a specific subtype, MY, which is found in both Japanese/Koreans and Native Americans.
- Phylogenetic analysis revealed that while Japanese/Korean MY sequences clustered together, Native American MY sequences were more diverse and showed no clear distinction between Amerinds and Na-Denes, despite their linguistic differences.