Classification, evolution, and species groups within the Triatominae

CJ Schofield, C Galvão - Acta tropica, 2009 - Elsevier
Classification of the Triatominae has become a complex balance between traditional
approaches and a wide variety of evolutionary interpretations. On the one hand is the need …

The evolutionary origin of diversity in Chagas disease vectors

SA Justi, C Galvão - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Chagas disease is amongst the ten most important neglected tropical diseases but
knowledge on the diversification of its vectors, Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is very …

Evolution, systematics, and biogeography of the Triatominae, vectors of Chagas disease

FA Monteiro, C Weirauch, M Felix, C Lazoski… - Advances in …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this chapter, we review and update current knowledge about the evolution, systematics,
and biogeography of the Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)—true bugs that feed …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease control-surveillance in the Americas: the multinational initiatives and the practical impossibility of interrupting vector-borne Trypanosoma …

AR de Arias, C Monroy, F Guhl… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease (CD) still imposes a heavy burden on most Latin American countries.
Vector-borne and mother-to-child transmission cause several thousand new infections per …

Detailed ecological associations of triatomines revealed by metabarcoding and next-generation sequencing: implications for triatomine behavior and Trypanosoma …

E Dumonteil, MJ Ramirez-Sierra, S Pérez-Carrillo… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Trypanosoma cruzi is the agent of Chagas disease, transmitted by hematophagous
triatomine vectors. Establishing transmission cycles is key to understand the epidemiology of …

What do you need to know before studying Chagas disease? A beginner's guide

JA De Fuentes-Vicente, NG Santos-Hernández… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is one of the most important tropical infections in the world and mainly
affects poor people. The causative agent is the hemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma …

Intrusive versus domiciliated triatomines and the challenge of adapting vector control practices against Chagas disease

E Waleckx, S Gourbière, E Dumonteil - Memórias do Instituto …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease prevention remains mostly based on triatomine vector control to reduce or
eliminate house infestation with these bugs. The level of adaptation of triatomines to human …

One Health for fascioliasis control in human endemic areas

S Mas-Coma, MA Valero, MD Bargues - Trends in Parasitology, 2023 - cell.com
Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica are liver flukes causing fascioliasis, a worldwide
zoonotic, complex disease. Human infection/reinfection occurs in endemic areas where …

[HTML][HTML] Description of Triatoma mopan sp. n. from a cave in Belize (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

PL Dorn, SA Justi, C Dale, L Stevens, C Galvão… - ZooKeys, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this paper, Triatoma mopan sp. n. is described based on five males and six females
collected in the Rio Frio cave, Cayo District, Belize. This species is similar to Triatoma …

[HTML][HTML] Description of Triatomahuehuetenanguensis sp. n., a potential Chagas disease vector (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

RA Lima-Cordón, MC Monroy, L Stevens, A Rodas… - ZooKeys, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A new species of the genus Triatoma Laporte, 1832 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) is described
based on specimens collected in the department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala …