Chagas Disease Ecology in the United States: Recent Advances in Understanding Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission Among Triatomines, Wildlife, and Domestic …

RE Busselman, SA Hamer - Annual review of animal …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease present in the Americas, is caused by the
parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is transmitted by triatomine kissing bug vectors. Hundreds …

Antiparasitic properties of propolis extracts and their compounds

LA de L. Paula, ACBB Cândido… - Chemistry & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Propolis is a bee product that has been used in medicine since ancient times. Although its
anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antitumor, and immunomodulatory activities …

Genetic diversity in peridomiciliary populations of Triatoma mexicana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in central Mexico

N Rivas, F Martínez-Hernández… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Springer
Triatoma mexicana is an important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi—the etiological agent of
Chagas disease. This triatomine species occurs in central Mexico, but little is known about …

[HTML][HTML] Body shape and fluctuating asymmetry following different feeding sources and feeding time in a triatomine, Triatoma pallidipennis (Stål, 1892)

AE Gutierrez-Cabrera, RB Montaño, L Gonzalez… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Even when an animal has a generalist diet, different food sources can impact its body shape
and fluctuating asymmetry (a stress indicator; FA). To test this, we varied the food source …

Triatoma pallidipennis (Stål, 1872)(Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and its potential for infestation in Tecozautla, Hidalgo state, Mexico

R Alejandre-Aguilar, A Antonio-Campos… - Journal of Vector …, 2023 - BioOne
Triatoma pallidipennis is an exclusive and widely distributed species in Mexico and one of
the three main vectors that transmit Chagas disease in the country. The state of Hidalgo is …

Susceptibility dynamics between five Trypanosoma cruzi strains and three triatomine (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) species

JM Padilla-Valdez, A Antonio-Campos… - Journal of Vector …, 2021 - BioOne
American trypanosomiasis is a zoonosis caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is
transmitted mainly by blood-sucking insects belonging to the subfamily Triatominae. The …

Assessing risk of vector transmission of Chagas disease through blood source analysis using LC-MS/MS for hemoglobin sequence identification

D Penados, JP Pineda, E Laparra-Ruiz, MF Galván… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease is mainly transmitted by triatomine insect vectors that feed on vertebrate
blood. The disease has complex domiciliary infestation patterns and parasite transmission …