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Phylogenetic approach to the study of Triatomines (Triatominae, Heteroptera) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2006 Triatomines are insects belonging to the Hemiptera order, Heteroptera suborder, Reduviidae family and Triatominae subfamily. All members of this subfamily are hematophagous. Triatomines evolved from Reduviidae predators and they are probably polyphyletic
E. Tartarotti +2 more
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Cuticular hydrocarbons of triatomines [PDF]
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2007 Triatomine insects (Hemiptera) are the vectors of Chagas disease. Their cuticular surface is covered by a thin layer of lipids, mainly hydrocarbons, wax esters, fatty alcohols, and free or esterified fatty acids. These lipids play a major role in preventing a lethal desiccation, altering the absorption of chemicals and microorganism penetration, they ...
M P, Juárez, G C, Fernández
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The Neglected Virome of Triatomine Insects [PDF]
Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2022 The Triatominae subfamily (Reduviidae) harbors some hematophagous insect species that have been firmly connected to the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. Triatomines not only host and transmit trypanosomatids, but also coexist with a variety of symbiotic microorganisms that generally reside in the insect’s ...
Maira Arruda Cardoso +5 more
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An inside look at the sensory biology of triatomines [PDF]
Journal of Insect Physiology, 2017 Although kissing bugs (Triatominae: Reduviidae) are perhaps best known as vectors of Chagas disease, they are important experimental models in studies of insect sensory physiology, pioneered by the seminal studies of Wigglesworth and Gillet more than eighty years ago.
Barrozo, Romina +4 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018 In Mexico, the role of most species of mammals involved in the transmission cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, 1909 is poorly known. It was carried out a study to investigate the importance of rats as reservoir of T. cruzi in western Mexico, an area with
Gumercindo G. Rosal +5 more
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Periurban Trypanosoma cruzi–infected Triatoma infestans, Arequipa, Peru
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 In Arequipa, Peru, vectorborne transmission of Chagas disease by Triatoma infestans has become an urban problem. We conducted an entomologic survey in a periurban community of Arequipa to identify risk factors for triatomine infestation and determinants ...
Michael Z. Levy +7 more
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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 +3 more
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Heme crystallization in the midgut of triatomine insects [PDF]
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 2007 Hemozoin (Hz) is a heme crystal produced by several blood-feeding organisms in order to detoxify free heme released upon hemoglobin (Hb) digestion. Here we show that heme crystallization also occurs in three species of triatomine insects. Ultraviolet-visible and infrared light absorption spectra of insoluble pigments isolated from the midgut of three ...
Marcus F, Oliveira +8 more
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Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2021 Background & objectives: Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of American trypanosomiasis, has been reported in 180 mammalian species and 154 triatomines species of Neotropic.
Daisy Lozano-Arias +8 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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