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Trypanosomatid infections in captive wild mammals and potential vectors at the Brasilia Zoo, Federal District, Brazil

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 248-256, May 2020., 2020
Conservation projects in zoos require translocations of captive animals, which may spread pathogens. We aimed to verify the occurrence of vectors (triatomines and sandflies) and to investigate Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania infections in captive wild mammals in the Zoo Brasília.
Filipe C. Reis, Thaís T. C. Minuzzi‐Souza, Mariana Neiva, Renata V. Timbó, Igor O. B. de Morais, Thiago M. de Lima, Mariana Hecht, Nadjar Nitz, Rodrigo Gurgel‐Gonçalves   +8 more
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Encontro da Cavia porcellus naturalmente infectada pelo Trypanosoma cruzi em domicílio infestado por Panstrongylus megistus no estado da Bahia, Brasil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1974
Foram encontradas cinco cobaias Cavia porcellus naturalmente infectadas pelo Panstrongylus megistus, em domicilio infestado pelo Panstrongylus megistus, em área endêmica para Doença de Chagas no Estado da Bahia, Brasil, entre seis exemplares examinados ...
Ítalo A. Sherlock, Tácito M. Muniz, Saulo F. Almeida   +2 more
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Occurrence of positivity for Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomine from municipalities in Southeastern Brazil, from 2002 to 2004 Ocorrência e positividade para Trypanosoma cruzi em triatomíneos de municípios da região sudeste do Brasil, de 2002 a 2004

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010
INTRODUCTION: from an epidemiological point of view, more than 120 species of triatomine (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) are known. The occurrence and positivity for Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomines in 16 municipalities of the Triângulo Mineiro and Alto ...
Márcia Beatriz Cardoso de Paula, Idessânia Nazareth da Costa, Paula de Albuquerque Freitas, Jean Ezequiel Limongi, Adalberto de Albuquerque Pajuaba Neto, Rogério de Melo Costa Pinto, Ana Lúcia Ribeiro Gonçalves, Julia Maria Costa-Cruz   +7 more
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Nuclear phenotype changes after heat shock in Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister) [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000
The nuclear phenotypes of Malpighian tubule epithelial cells of male nymphs of the blood-sucking insect, Panstrongylus megistus, subjected to short- and long-duration heat shocks at 40oC were analyzed immediately after the shock and 10 and 30 days later.
Simone L. Garcia, Maria Luiza S. Mello, Vera Lúcia Cortiço Corrêa Rodrigues, Nancy L. Garcia   +3 more
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Determinação da infecção natural por Schizotrypanum em Triatoma rubrofasciata no Estado de Pernambuco

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1943
Os autores identificaram a presença de um Schizotrypanum no intestino de Triatoma rubrofasciata no Estado de Pernambuco, tendo encontrado também Panstrongylus megistus infectados.The writers report natural infection of Triatoma rubrofasciata and ...
Emmanuel Dias, Oswaldo Neves
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Vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi among captive Neotropical primates in a Brazilian zoo [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Neotropical primates are important sylvatic hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. Infection is often subclinical, but severe disease has been described in both free-ranging and captive primates.
Cuba, César Augusto Cuba, Gonçalves, Rodrigo Gurgel, Hagström, Luciana, Hecht, Mariana Machado, Knox, Monique Britto, Nitz, Nadjar, Reis, Felipe, Souza, Thaís Tâmara Castro Minuzzi   +7 more
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The sexual behaviour of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): an experimental study [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004
The factors affecting the sexual behaviour of Panstrongylus megistus were studied under laboratory conditions. A general description of mating behaviour is presented for this species. The effect of the time elapsed after the first imaginal feeding on the mating frequency, the motivation of males to mate and the rejection behaviour by females, were ...
Pires, H.H.R., Lorenzo, M.G., Lazzari, C.R., Diotaiuti, L., Manrique, G.   +4 more
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Diferença no tamanho de cascas de ovos de colônias de Panstrongylus megistus Differences in the size of eggshells among three Pangstrongylus megistus colonies

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2003
O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar as mensurações de cascas de ovos de duas colônias laboratoriais e uma silvestre de P. megistus. De cada uma das colônias, 50 cascas de ovos foram mensuradas por meio de microscópio estereoscópico e sistema de análise de ...
João A da Rosa, Hernany H G Justino, José M S Barata   +2 more
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DmCatD, a cathepsin D-like peptidase of the hematophagous insect Dipetalogaster maxima (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Purification, bioinformatic analyses and the significance of its interaction with lipophorin in the internalization by developing oocytes [PDF]

, 2018
DmCatD, a cathepsin D-like peptidase of the hematophagous insect Dipetalogaster maxima, is synthesized by the fat body and the ovary and functions as yolk protein precursor. Functionally, DmCatD is involved in vitellin proteolysis.
Arrese, Estela L., Canavoso, Lilian Etelvina, Carlini, Célia Regina R S, Defferrari, Marina S., Fruttero, Leonardo Luis, Leyria, Jimena, Ligabue Braun, Rodrigo, Settembrini, Beatriz Patricia, Soulages, José L.   +8 more
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Nota sôbre os transmissores da moléstia de Chagas ocorrentes no Estado do Maranhão, Brasil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1943
Assinala-se, no Estado do Maranhão, Brasil, a existência de mais duas espécies transmissoras da moléstia de Chagas, o Panstrongylus megistus (BURMEITER, 1835) PINTO 1931, e o Triatoma rubrofasciata (DE GEER, 1773) KIRKALDY, 1907, além do Panstrongylus ...
Cassio Miranda
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