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Identifying Current and Missing Knowledge in the Control of Pyrethroid-Resistant Triatoma Infestans, Vector of Chagas Disease [PDF]
Triatomines are blood-sucking bugs that occur mainly in Latin America. They are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
Picollo, Maria Ines+1 more
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Habitat Management to Reduce Human Exposure to Trypanosoma cruzi and Western Conenose Bugs (Triatoma protracta). [PDF]
Chagas disease, which manifests as cardiomyopathy and severe gastrointestinal dysfunction, is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a vector-borne parasite. In California, the vector Triatoma protracta frequently colonizes woodrat (Neotoma spp.) lodges, but may ...
Conrad, Patricia+4 more
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Hindgut microbiota in laboratory-reared and wild Triatoma infestans
Triatomine vectors transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease in humans. Transmission to humans typically occurs when contaminated triatomine feces come in contact with the bite site or mucosal membranes.
A. Waltmann+13 more
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Volatile compound diversity and conserved alarm behaviour in Triatoma dimidiata [PDF]
Background: Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille) is a key vector complex of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease, as it spans North, Central, and South America.
Cruz López, Leopoldo+4 more
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Published as part of Jurberg, José, Rosa, João Aristeu Da, Schaefer, Carl W. & Galvão, Cleber, 2009, Description of eggs and nymphal instars of Triatoma baratai Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000 based on optical and scanning electron microscopy (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), pp.
Jurberg, José+3 more
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Ecologia de triatomíneos e transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, com especial referência ao Brasil
Com base em seu comportamento ecológico e seu grau de relacionamento com o homem e os mamíferos domésticos, comensais e sinantrópicos, os triatomíneos são distribuídos em seis grupos: 1) Triatomíneos tipicamente silvestres, isto é, espécies só ...
Mauro Pereira Barreto
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Objetivo • Describir el nivel de Conocimiento, Actitudes y Prácticas sobre la enfermedad de Chagas y su vector, en Ocuapan, Huimanguillo, Tabasco, 2006. Material y Método • Estudio transversal, Observacional de tipo etnológico. Universo de 800 viviendas,
María Guadalupe Garrido Pérez+2 more
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'It is like a tomato stall where someone can pick what he likes': structure and practices of female sex work in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Effective interventions among female sex workers require a thorough knowledge of the context of local sex industries. We explore the organisation of female sex work in a low socio-economic setting in Kampala, Uganda.
A-M Cote+34 more
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Description of Triatoma mopan sp. n. from a cave in Belize (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)
In this paper, Triatoma mopan sp. n. is described based on five males and six females collected in the Rio Frio cave, Cayo District, Belize. This species is similar to Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille), but can be distinguished by characters found on the ...
P. Dorn+6 more
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Introducción. Se describen las características e importancia epidemiológica de los triatominos presentes en un foco de enfermedad de Chagas en el municipio de Talaigua Nuevo, departamento de Bolívar. Objetivo.
Luis Alberto Corté+1 more
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