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Geological Changes of the Americas and their Influence on the Diversification of the Neotropical Kissing Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae).

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
BackgroundThe family Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), or assassin bugs, is among the most diverse families of the true bugs, with more than 6,000 species.
Silvia A Justi, Cleber Galvão, Carlos G Schrago   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oviposition in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus is modulated by host odors [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Triatomine bugs are blood-sucking insects, vectors of Chagas disease. Despite their importance, their oviposition behavior has received relatively little attention. Some triatomines including Rhodnius prolixus stick their eggs to a substrate.
Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo, Guidobaldi, Fabio   +1 more
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The Role of DmCatD, a Cathepsin D-Like Peptidase, and Acid Phosphatase in the Process of Follicular Atresia in Dipetalogaster maxima (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a Vector of Chagas' Disease [PDF]

, 2015
In this work, we have investigated the involvement of DmCatD, a cathepsin D-like peptidase, and acid phosphatase in the process of follicular atresia of Dipetalogaster maxima, a hematophagous insect vector of Chagas' disease. For the studies, fat bodies,
Canavoso, Lilian Etelvina, Fruttero, Leonardo Luis, Leyria, Jimena, Nazar, Magalí   +3 more
core   +6 more sources

Trypanosoma cruzi infection enhances olfactory response in Triatoma pallidipennis Stål (Hemiptera: Triatominae) to compounds potentially useful for insect control. [PDF]

Med Vet Entomol
Triatoma pallidipennis is one of the main vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. Attractant activity of octenol, nonanal and a mixture of lactic acid, hexanoic acid and ammonium hydroxide on T. cruzi–infected and non‐infected T. pallidipennis nymphal stages.
Jiménez-Santiago B, Flores-Villegas AL, Cruz-Esteban S, Cabrera-Bravo M, Toriello C.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Feeding and defecation behavior of Triatoma rubida (Uhler, 1894) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) under laboratory conditions, and its potential role as a vector of chagas disease in Arizona, USA [PDF]

, 2011
Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to humans by blood-sucking triatomine insects. This disease is endemic throughout Mexico and Central and South America, but only a few autochthonous cases have been reported
Gregory, Teresa, Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo, Hildebrand, John, Reisenman, Carolina Esther   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Infección natural por Trypanosoma cruzi en triatominos que habitan en la palma corozo (Acrocomia aculeta) en regiones del oriente de Venezuela

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2018
Objetivos. Conocer la infestación natural por triatominos y su infección por Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) en Acrocomia aculeata (A. aculeata) o palma corozo en el estado Anzoátegui, Venezuela. Materiales y métodos.
Antonio Morocoima, Rogny Barroeta, Milagros Virguez, Antonio Roschman-González, José David Chique, Elizabeth Ferrer, Leidi Herrera   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecological host fitting of Trypanosoma cruzi TcI in Bolivia: mosaic population structure, hybridization and a role for humans in Andean parasite dispersal. [PDF]

, 2015
An improved understanding of how a parasite species exploits its genetic repertoire to colonize novel hosts and environmental niches is crucial to establish the epidemiological risk associated with emergent pathogenic genotypes.
Bustamante, Marinely, Garcia, Lineth, Huaranca, Carlos, Llewellyn, Martin S, Messenger, Louisa A, Miles, Michael A, Torrico, Faustino, Torrico, Marycruz, Vanhove, Mathieu   +8 more
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Biology of three species of North American Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) fed on rabbits [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2007
Aspects related to hatching, lifetime, number of blood meals for molting, mortality, feeding time, and postfeeding defecation delay were evaluated and compared in each instar of three North American Triatominae: Triatoma gerstaeckeri, Triatoma lecticularia and Triatoma protracta, all of them fed on rabbits.
Martínez-Ibarra, José Alejandro, Alejandre-Aguilar, Ricardo, Paredes-González, Edgar, Martínez-Silva, Miguel Alejandro, Solorio-Cibrián, Miriam, Nogueda-Torres, Benjamín, Trujillo-Contreras, Francisco, Novelo-López, Mónica   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Survey of the Reduviidae (Heteroptera) of Southern Illinois, Excluding the Phymatinae, With Notes on Biology [PDF]

, 2018
A survey of the nonphymatine reduviids of southern Illinois was con­ducted from April 1996 to November 1998. In addition to county distributions, information was collected on times of occurrence of adults and nymphs and associated habitats.
Hagerty, A. M, McPherson, J. E
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Cultivable Bacterial Diversity in the Gut of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma dimidiata: Identification of Possible Bacterial Candidates for a Paratransgenesis Approach

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Since bacterial symbionts play a vital role in the metabolism of hematophagous insect vectors the method known as paratrangenesis, which consists of the use of cultivable insect symbionts to interfere with the transmission of vector-transmitted pathogens
Teresa Lopez-Ordonez, Carlos A. Flores-López, Rene Montejo-Lopez, Andres Cruz-Hernandez, Erin E. Conners   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source