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Anette Hernández-Andrade1 , Joel Moo-Millan1 , Nohemi Cigarroa-Toledo1 , Angel Ramos-Ligonio2,3, Claudia Herrera4 , Bruno Bucheton5 , Jean-Mathieu Bart<sup>5</sup> , Vincent Jamonneau<sup>5</sup> , Anne-Laure Bañuls<sup>6</sup> , Christophe Paupy<sup>6</sup> , David Roiz6 , Denis Sereno5 , Carlos N. Ibarra-Cerdeña7 , Carlos Machaín-Williams1 , Julián García-Rejón1 , Sébastien Gourbière8 , Christian Barnabé5 , Jenny Telleria<sup>5</sup> , Bruno Oury5 , Frédérique Brenière5 , Frédéric Simard6 , Miguel Rosado1 , Philippe Solano5 , Eric Dumonteil4 and Etienne Waleckx1,3,5\*

1 Centro de Investigaciones Regionales "Dr Hideyo Noguchi", Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México

2 LADISER Inmunología y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Orizaba, Veracruz, México

3 ACCyC, Associación Chagas con Ciencia y Conocimiento, A. C

4 Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Vector-Borne and Infectious Diseases Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

5 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR INTERTRYP IRD, CIRAD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

6 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MIVEGEC, IRD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

7 Departamento de Ecología Humana, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), Unidad Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán, México

8 UMR5096 'Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes', Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France

\*Address all correspondence to: etienne.waleckx@ird.fr; etienne.waleckx@correo.uady.mx

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