European Journal of Entomology, 2011 The blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus is the main vector of Chagas Disease in Colombia, Venezuela and several countries in Central America. Nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous gaseous molecule present in most types of cell and participates in the ...
Valeria SFARA +2 more
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Spatial distribution of Triatominae populations (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Mauritia flexuosa palm trees in Federal District of Brazil [PDF]
, 2004 Para determinar e analisar a distribuição espacial de populações silvestres de triatomíneos no Distrito Federal, Brasil, foram amostradas 150 palmeiras da espécie Mauritia flexuosa em seis veredas de diferentes paisagens (silvestre, rural e periurbana ...
Cuba, César Augusto Cuba +5 more
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Natural selection and genetic variation in a promising Chagas disease drug target: Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase [PDF]
, 2017 Rational drug design is a powerful method in which new and innovative therapeutics can be designed based on knowledge of the biological target aiming to provide more efficacious and responsible therapeutics.
Gallant, Joseph P.
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Modelling the potential geographic distribution of triatomines infected by Triatoma virus in the southern cone of South America [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Triatoma virus (TrV) is the only entomopathogenous virus identified in triatomines. We estimated the potential geographic distribution of triatomine species naturally infected by TrV, using remotely sensed and meteorological environmental ...
Balsalobre, Agustin +5 more
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Substrate texture properties induce triatomine probing on bitten warm surfaces [PDF]
, 2011 Escola de Saúde Pública de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Laboratório de Fisiologia de Insetos Hematófagos. Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou.
Raquel A Ferreira +2 more
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Differentiation smelling footprints of the Chagas disease vector using an electronic nose based on artificial intelligence algorithms [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasThe present study aims to disclose the design of an electronic nose capable of learning and differentiating semiochemical signals from insects usable to identify species that transmit Chagas disease.
LUISA F. RUIZ-JIMÉNEZ +4 more
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Phylogenetics and sequence analysis--some problems for the unwary.
, 2003 DNA sequence comparisons can provide deep insight into phylogenetic relationships, but can also present problems for the unwary. Alignment comparisons are not always as straightforward as they might seem, and comparative models applied to deduce ...
Stevens, Jamie R +1 more
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Ecological niche modelling in triatomines–abusus non tollit usum: A reply to gutiérrez (2016) [PDF]
, 2016 Fil: Rabinovich, Jorge Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores. Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Rabinovich, Jorge Eduardo
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Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, 2003 OBJETIVOS: Investigar en humanos la presencia de anticuerpos IgG anti-Trypanosoma cruzi y los hábitos alimenticios de triatominos de las viviendas de 3 localidades de la provincia de Nasca, Perú.
Hilda Solís +5 more
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Comparative evaluation of pyrethroid insecticide formulations against Triatoma infestans (Klug): residual efficacy on four substrates [PDF]
, 2003 We investigated the residual efficacy of four insecticide formulations used in Chagas disease vector control campaigns: cyfluthrin 12.5% suspension concentrace (SC), lambda- cyhalothrin 10% wettable powder (WP), deltamethrin 2.5% SC, and 2.5% WP on four ...
Fournet, Alain +3 more
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