There are several initiatives to control Chagas disease. In the Southern Cone Initiative
(WHO 1992), the vector to control is Triatoma infestans; in the Andean and Central American …

For about half of all Chagas disease cases T. infestans has been the responsible vector.
Contributing to its genetic knowledge will increase our understanding of the capacity of …

Microsatellites were identified and characterized from Triatoma infestans, the principal
vector of Chagas' disease in the Southern Cone of South American countries. Ninety‐three …

Abstract Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) is the most abundant and significant insect
vector of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi in Central America, and particularly in Guatemala …

Chagas disease is amongst the ten most important neglected tropical diseases but
knowledge on the diversification of its vectors, Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is very …

A previous work morphologically identified some specimens colonizing peridomestic sites of
Manzanillo Colima, Mexico, as Triatoma infestans (Klug). In the present study, a molecular …

There are 8 million people with Chagas disease worldwide and in El Salvador
approximately 39% of the population is at risk of contracting the disease. One of the principal …

Chagas disease is one of the main zoonoses mediated by vectors in America. The
etiological agent is the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitted mainly by hematophagous …

The purpose of this work was to clarify the taxonomy and phylogenetic relationship of the
Phyllosoma complex and other important vectors in Mexico. The internal transcribed spacer …

Triatoma sordida is a species that transmits Trypanosoma cruzi to humans. In Brazil, T.
sordida currently deserves special attention because of its wide distribution, tendency to …