Isolation and molecular characterization of a major hemolymph serpin from the triatomine, Panstrongylus megistus. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2014 Chagas disease kills 2.5 thousand people per year of 15 million persons infected in Latin America. The disease is caused by the protozoan, Trypanosome cruzi, and vectored by triatomine insects, including Panstrongylus megistus, an important vector in Brazil.
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Host Availability Limits Population Density of Panstrongylus Megistus
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1983 In order to determine whether host availability limits triatomine population growth, 5th-stage Panstrongylus megistus were maintained in feeding chambers containing 0, 1, 2, or 3 mice. During the 5-day feeding period, triatomines exposed to two or three mice gained significantly more weight than did bugs exposed to one mouse.
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A Deep Insight Into the Sialotranscriptome of the Chagas Disease Vector, Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). [PDF]
J Med Entomol, 2015 Saliva of blood-sucking arthropods contains a complex cocktail of pharmacologically active compounds that assists feeding by counteracting their hosts' hemostatic and inflammatory reactions. Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister) is an important vector of Chagas disease in South America, but despite its importance there is only one salivary protein ...
Ribeiro JM, Schwarz A, Francischetti IM.
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The hemocytes of Panstrogyllus Megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Os hemócitos de Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987 Five hemocyte types were identified in the hemolymph of Panstrongylus megistus by phase contrast and common light microscopy using some histochemical methods. These are: Prohemocytes, small cells presenting a great nucleus/cytoplasm ratio; Plasmatocytes,
Margherita Anna Barracco +2 more
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Patterns of antenal sensilla of Panstrongylus megistus from three Brazilian states [PDF]
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2005 The objective of the present study was to analyze and describe the phenotype of the antennal sensilla of Panstrongylus megistus, one of the epidemiologically most important species of triatomines in Brazil.
Catala, Silvia Susana +4 more
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Ultrastructural studies of the hemocytes of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduvidae) Ultra-estrutura dos hemócitos de Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1989 Ultrastructural analyses revealed the presence of six hemocyte types in the hemolymph of Panstrogylus megistus, partially confirming our previous results obtained through light microscopy. Prohemocytes: small, round hemocytes with a thin cytoplasm layer,
Margherita A. Barracco, Clarice T. Loch
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alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity in flight muscles of triatomine bugs Panstrongylus megistus and Triatoma sordida [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000 The alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (alpha-GPDH) activity in flight muscles of Panstrongylus megistus and Triatoma sordida, vectors of Chagas disease in Brazil, was studied.
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Aspectos ecológicos da tripanossomíase americana: XIII - Potencial enzoótico doméstico em área de ocorrência de Panstrongylus megistus, sob vigilância epidemiológica Ecological aspects of South American Trypanosomiasis: XIII - Domestic enzootic potencial in Panstrongylus megistus area submitted to epidemiological surveillance [PDF]
Revista de Saúde Pública, 1978 Relata-se a pesquisa da tripanossomíase, na sua feição enzoótica doméstica, em áreas onde a transmissão pelo Triatoma infestans encontra-se interrompida há, pelo menos, 6 (seis) anos. O encontro de cães positivos, embora com baixa prevalência (0,3%), foi
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini +4 more
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Triatoma infestans is more efficient than Panstrongylus megistus in obtaining blood meals on non Anaesthetized mice [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1995 We compared the influence of the bug density in the capacity of Triatoma infestans and Panstrongylus megistus in obtaining blood meal in non anaesthetized mice. The regression anlysis for increase in body weight (mg) versus density (no.
M. H. Pereira +3 more
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Identification and characterization of microsatellite markers for population genetic studies of Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister, 1835) (Triatominae: Reduviidae). [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2021 Ferreira FC +6 more
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