Assessment of Shape Variation Patterns in Triatoma infestans (Klug 1834) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae): A First Report in Populations from Bolivia. [PDF]
The morphological variations of four populations of geographically isolated Triatoma infestans located in the area of inter-Andean valleys and Chaco of Chuquisaca, Bolivia, were evaluated.
Vilaseca C+3 more
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Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host-Pathogen Interaction. [PDF]
A native strain of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bb-C001) was isolated from a naturally infected Triatoma infestans, Klug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) adult cadaver in the Gran Chaco region, Salta province, Argentina.
Baldiviezo LV+6 more
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Novel repellents for the blood-sucking insects Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma infestans, vectors of Chagas disease. [PDF]
Studying the behavioral response of blood-sucking disease-vector insects to potentially repellent volatile compounds could shed light on the development of new control strategies. Volatiles released by human facial skin microbiota play different roles in
Ramírez M+3 more
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Triatoma melanosoma, novo status para Triatoma infestans melanosoma Martinez, Olmedo & Carcavallo, 1987 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Triatoma melanosoma, new status for Triatoma infestans melanosoma Martinez, Olmedo & Carcavallo, 1987 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) [PDF]
Triatoma infestans melanosoma was described in 1987 by Martinez, Olmedo & Carcavallo. In the present work the authors make a redescription, adding new characters, and based on biological and morphological aspects raise up to the level of species and ...
Herman Lent+3 more
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Trypanosoma cruzi surface mucins are involved in the attachment to the Triatoma infestans rectal ampoule. [PDF]
Background Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, is a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans by blood-sucking triatomine vectors. However, and despite its utmost biological and epidemiological relevance, T.
Cámara MLM+12 more
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Ecología urbana de Triatoma infestans en Argentina: asociación entre Triatoma infestans y palomares Triatoma infestans urban ecology in Argentina: association between Triatoma infestans and pigeon cotes [PDF]
Estudio se realizó en una área urbana de la Capital de la Provincia de San Juan, Argentina, en un barrio de 768 apartamentos distribuidos en edificios de 3 y 7 pisos que rodean una bodega central abandonada.
Silvana L. Vallvé+2 more
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Alteration of the aggregation and spatial organization of the vector of Chagas disease, Triatoma infestans, by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. [PDF]
Triatominae insects are vectors of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease affecting millions of people in Latin America.
Depickère S+2 more
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Systemic insecticide treatment of the canine reservoir of Trypanosoma cruzi induces high levels of lethality in Triatoma infestans, a principal vector of Chagas disease [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Despite large-scale reductions in Chagas disease prevalence across Central and South America, Trypanosoma cruzi infection remains a considerable public health problem in the Gran Chaco region
Bern, Caryn+13 more
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Sôbre a dispersão do Triatoma infestans [PDF]
Foram reunidas as informações disponíveis sôbre a dispersão do T. infestans no Brasil e sôbre o seu comportamento face ao combate com inseticidas nos focos isolados da espécie. Com base nesses elementos e no que se conhece sôbre os fatôres que regem a dispersão das espécies invasoras, é discutido o fato do T. infestans ter sido eliminado de quase todos
Mário B. Aragão
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O vaso dorsal de Triatoma infestans [PDF]
Descreve-se a anatomia do coração e da aorta de Triatoma infestans, material criado durante alguns anos em cativeiro. O principal resultado das observações é o fato de que, em vez de três pares de ostíolos, o coração possui apenas um único ostíolo em cada uma das suas últimas câmaras.
Rudolf Barth
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