Trypanosoma cruzi, the cause agent of Chagas disease, is transmitted mainly by blood-
feeding insects of the subfamily Triatominae. The T. cruzi life cycle alternates between …

Background Chagas disease, affecting approximately eight million individuals in tropical
regions, is primarily transmitted by vectors. Rhodnius prolixus, a triatomine vector, commonly …

Triatoma mexicana is one of the triatomine species whose biologic development is yet
unknown, but it is frequently reported to be infected by Trypanosoma cruzi. In this research …

Abstract In Colombia, the Chagas Disease (CD) interruption program has had its most
tremendous success in the department of Boyac'a with the certification by PAHO-WHO as …

Background: Triatomine bugs are natural vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis. The role of sylvatic triatomine species as …

The triatomines are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), the etiologic agent of
Chagas disease. All species are strictly hematophagous, and the hosts used by vector …

Biological and epidemiological information is readily available for the most common 13
domestic triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) of the 30 species described in …

Three behaviors of epidemiological importance: the time lapse for the onset of feeding,
actual feeding, and defecation time for Meccus phyllosomus pallidipennis (Stål), Meccus …

Mepraia species are hematophagous insects and the most important wild vectors of
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease in southeastern South America …

Background Chagas disease, one of the most important neglected tropical diseases in the
countries of Latin America, is considered to be a particularly important public health concern …