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 …

Vetores da doença de Chagas no Brasil

C Galvão - 2014 - books.scielo.org
Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos de grande importância médica, pois são os
responsáveis pela transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente etiológico da doença de …

[HTML][HTML] New drugs with antiprotozoal activity from marine algae: a review

FAE Torres, TG Passalacqua, A Velásquez… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The use of indigenous or remote popular knowledge to identify new drugs against diseases
or infections is a well-known approach in medicine. The inhabitants of coastal regions are …

[PDF][PDF] Revalidation of Triatoma bahiensis Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and phylogeny of the T. brasiliensis species complex

VJ Mendonca, KCC Alevi, H Pinotti… - Zootaxa, 2016 - researchgate.net
Abstract Triatoma bahiensis Sherlock & Serafim, 1967, T. lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967,
and T. pessoai Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 were described based on material collected in the …

[HTML][HTML] Distributional potential of the Triatoma brasiliensis species complex at present and under scenarios of future climate conditions

J Costa, LL Dornak, CE Almeida, AT Peterson - Parasites & Vectors, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background The Triatoma brasiliensis complex is a monophyletic group,
comprising three species, one of which includes two subspecific taxa, distributed across 12 …

[HTML][HTML] Combined phylogenetic and morphometric information to delimit and unify the Triatoma brasiliensis species complex and the Brasiliensis subcomplex

J Oliveira, PL Marcet, DM Takiya, VJ Mendonca… - Acta Tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract “Triatoma brasiliensis species complex” was defined as a monophyletic group of
the species: T. brasiliensis, T. juazeirensis, T. melanica, and T. sherlocki. An alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular Individual-Based Approach on Triatoma brasiliensis: Inferences on Triatomine Foci, Trypanosoma cruzi Natural Infection Prevalence, Parasite …

CE Almeida, L Faucher, M Lavina… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
We used an individual-based molecular multisource approach to assess the
epidemiological importance of Triatoma brasiliensis collected in distinct sites and ecotopes …

[HTML][HTML] Revalidation and redescription of Triatoma brasiliensis macromelasoma Galvão, 1956 and an identification key for the Triatoma brasiliensis complex …

J Costa, NC Correia, VL Neiva… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Triatoma brasiliensis macromelasoma is revalidated based on the results of previous
multidisciplinary studies on the Triatoma brasiliensis complex, consisting of crossing …

[HTML][HTML] Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911: food sources and diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in wild and artificial environments of the semiarid region of Ceará …

CM Bezerra, SE Barbosa, RCM Souza, CP Barezani… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Knowledge of triatomine food sources in different ecotopes enables the
estimation of T. cruzi transmission risk in diverse environments, as well as its dynamics of …