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Regulation of a Trehalose-Specific Facilitated Transporter (TRET) by Insulin and Adipokinetic Hormone in Rhodnius prolixus, a Vector of Chagas Disease

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2021
Using the blood-sucking kissing bug, Rhodnius prolixus as an experimental model, we have studied the involvement of insulin-like peptides (ILPs) and adipokinetic hormone (AKH) signaling in carbohydrate metabolism, focusing on the regulation of the ...
Jimena Leyria   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Triatoma brasiliensis occupy the same environmental niche space as Triatoma melanica? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Submitted by Nuzia Santos (nuzia.santos@fiocruz.br) on 2016-02-19T16:12:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Does Triatoma brasiliensis occupy the same.pdf: 568419 bytes, checksum: 8ebd865012b7ba92c6be897286f9868e (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Nuzia Santos
Claudia Mendonça Bezerra   +4 more
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Dichotomous Keys Based on Cytogenetic Data for Triatomines Reported in Brazilian Regions with Outbreaks of Orally Transmitted Chagas Disease (Pernambuco and Rio Grande Do Norte)

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Chagas disease (CD) affects about eight million people worldwide. Brazil has the highest number of estimated cases and the largest number of deaths due to CD.
Denis Vinícius de Mello   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adult and nymphs of Microtriatoma trinidadensis (Lent, 1951) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) caught from peridomestic environment in Bolivia

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
This is the first report of adult and nymphs (20 nymphs of all stages and 4 adults) of Microtriatoma trinidadensis (Lent 1951) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) collected in peridomestic environment, in the department of La Paz, Bolivia.
De la Riva J   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Triatoma jatai sp. nov. in the state of Tocantins, Brazil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Triatoma jatai sp. nov. is the first new species of triatomine to be described in the state of Tocantins, in the northern region of Brazil. It was caught on rock outcrops in the wild environment and, more recently, invading homes. While T. jatai sp. nov.
Carbajal de la Fuente, Ana Laura   +4 more
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Primeiro relato de ocorrência da espécie Eratyrus mucronatus, Stal, 1859, (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae), no Estado de Rondônia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
INTRODUCTION: This paper reports, for the first time, the presence of the Eratyrus mucronatus species in the State of Rondonia, Brazil. METHODS: These specimens were caught by chance in the forest and later they were collected using luminous traps ...
CAMARGO, Luís Marcelo Aranha   +3 more
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Blood meal sources of wild and domestic Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera : Reduviidae) in Bolivia : connectivity between cycles of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Chagas disease is a major public health problem in Latin America. Its etiologic agent, Trypanosoma cruzi, is mainly transmitted through the contaminated faeces of blood-sucking insects called triatomines. Triatoma infestans is the main vector
Aliaga, C.   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Triatominos (Reduviidae: Triatominae) en un foco de enfermedad de Chagas en Talaigua Nuevo (Bolívar, Colombia).

open access: yesBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2005
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
doaj   +1 more source

Actualización de la distribución geográfica de triatominos en el departamento del Putumayo

open access: yesMedUNAB, 2021
La enfermedad de Chagas es una zoonosis producida por la infección del Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) (1), cuya principal vía de transmisión es vectorial (2). Esta enfermedad se caracteriza por ser una infección crónica que puede ocasionar daños cardiacos,
Keila Ortiz-Canamejoy
doaj   +1 more source

Trapping sylvatic Triatominae (Reduviidae) in hollow trees [PDF]

open access: yesTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1999
This work reports the trial of a very simple trapping system (comprising small plastic bottles (9 X 6 cm) covered with double­ coated adhesive tape and containing a mouse as bait ) to collect all instars of triatomines in hollow trees, a favourable ecotope for many triatomine species including T. sordida, T. guasayana, and T. infestans 'dark morphs'
/Noireau, François   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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