Vectors of diversity: Genome wide diversity across the geographic range of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata sensu lato (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

SA Justi, S Cahan, L Stevens, C Monroy… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
To date, the phylogeny of Triatoma dimidiata sensu lato (sl)(Hemiptera: Reduviidae:
Triatominae), the epidemiologically most important Chagas disease vector in Central …

Fine-scale genetic structure in populations of the Chagas' disease vector Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Reduvidae)

AR Pérez de Rosas, EL Segura, O Fusco, ALB Guiñazú… - Genetica, 2013 - Springer
Fine scale patterns of genetic structure and dispersal in Triatoma infestans populations from
Argentina was analysed. A total of 314 insects from 22 domestic and peridomestic sites from …

[HTML][HTML] Presence of triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and risk of transmission of Chagas disease in Colima, Mexico

F Espinoza-Gómez, A Maldonado-Rodríguez… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2002 - SciELO Brasil
With the purpose of evaluating the risk of transmission of the Chagas disease in the State of
Colima, México, an entomological survey was performed to obtain triatominae and the rate …

Risk of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi by wild Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Bolivia supported by the detection of human blood meals

NLR Buitrago, MF Bosseno, E Waleckx… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We analyzed the food sources of Bolivian wild Triatoma infestans (the main vector of
Chagas disease in this country), to assess the role of these populations in the …

Environmental and demographic factors determining the spatial distribution of Triatoma guasayana in peridomestic and semi‐sylvatic habitats of rural northwestern …

GM Vazquez‐Prokopec, MC Cecere… - Medical and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Triatoma guasayana (Wygodzinsky & Abalos), a sylvatic vector of Chagas' disease,
occurs in natural and peridomestic habitats of the dry Chaco region of Argentina, Bolivia and …

[HTML][HTML] Novel polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay to determine internal transcribed spacer-2 group in the Chagas disease …

B Richards, NM de la Rúa, C Monroy… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Triatoma dimidiata is the most important Chagas disease insect vector in Central America as
this species is primarily responsible for Trypanosoma cruzi transmission to humans, the …

Molecular eco-epidemiology on the sympatric Chagas disease vectors Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma petrocchiae: Ecotopes, genetic variation, natural infection …

TM Lima-Oliveira, MF Fernanda von Hertwig, M Lilioso… - Acta tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Triatoma petrocchiae is the newly member of the Triatoma brasiliensis species complex.
This species overlaps with T. brasiliensis in geographic and ecotypic occupation in the …

Hosts and vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units in the Chagas disease endemic region of the Paraguayan Chaco

N Acosta, E Lopez, MD Lewis, MS Llewellyn, A Gomez… - Parasitology, 2017 - cambridge.org
Active Trypanosoma cruzi transmission persists in the Gran Chaco region, which is
considered hyperendemic for Chagas disease. Understanding domestic and sylvatic …

[HTML][HTML] The diversity of the Chagas parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, infecting the main Central American vector, Triatoma dimidiata, from Mexico to Colombia

PL Dorn, AG McClure, MD Gallaspy… - PloS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Little is known about the strains of Trypanosoma cruzi circulating in Central America and
specifically in the most important vector in this region, Triatoma dimidiata. Approximately six …

Triatoma petrocchiae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): A Chagas disease vector of T. brasiliensis species complex associated to reptiles

M Lilioso, D Pires-Silva, FHM Fontes, J Oliveira… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In semi-arid areas of northeastern Brazil, Chagas disease vectors of Triatoma brasiliensis
species complex comprise a monophyletic group of kissing bugs that inhabit rock outcrops …