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 …

[HTML][HTML] Triatoma guazu Lent and Wygodzinsky Is a Junior Synonym of Triatoma williami Galvão, Souza and Lima

JPS Oliveira Correia, HR Gil-Santana, C Dale… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Triatomines are blood-sucking insects, potential vectors of Trypanosoma
cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. Triatoma guazu and Triatoma williami are …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the microbiota in the guts of Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata infected by Trypanosoma cruzi in natural conditions …

M Gumiel, FF Da Mota, VS Rizzo, O Sarquis… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted by
triatomine vectors. The northeastern region of Brazil is endemic for Chagas disease and has …

New arrangements on several species subcomplexes of Triatoma genus based on the chromosomal position of ribosomal genes (Hemiptera-Triatominae)

S Pita, P Lorite, J Nattero, C Galvão, KCC Alevi… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The hemipteran subfamily Triatominae includes 150 blood-sucking species, vectors of
Chagas disease. By far the most specious genus is Triatoma, assembled in groups …

Phylogenetic and phenotypic relationships of the Triatoma sordida subcomplex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

T Belintani, J Oliveira, H Pinotti, LA Silva, KCC Alevi… - Acta Tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease, whose etiological agent is the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affects
millions of people worldwide and it is mainly transmitted by infected triatomine feces …

[HTML][HTML] Study of the external female genitalia of 14 Rhodnius species (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) using scanning electron microscopy

JA da Rosa, VJ Mendonça, S Gardim… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Among the vectors of Chagas disease (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae),
there are eighteen Rhodnius species described and some are difficult to identify. The aim of …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple mitochondrial genes of some sylvatic Brazilian Triatoma: non-monophyly of the T. brasiliensis subcomplex and the need for a generic revision in the …

S Gardim, CE Almeida, DM Takiya, J Oliveira… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Multiple fragments of mitochondrial DNA genes (cytochrome b, cytochrome oxidase I, and
16S rDNA) were used to evaluate the phylogenetic relationships among Triatoma …

[HTML][HTML] Triatoma vitticeps subcomplex (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): a new grouping of Chagas disease vectors from South America

KCC Alevi, J de Oliveira, MTV de Azeredo-Oliveira… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Background Triatomines have been grouped into complexes and subcomplexes based
largely on morphological and geographical distribution. Although these groupings are not …

Description of the diploid chromosome set of Triatoma pintodiasi (Hemiptera, Triatominae)

KCC Alevi, FFF Moreira, J Jurberg, MTV Oliveira - 2016 - arca.fiocruz.br
Triatoma pintodiasi has been described and recently grouped in the Rubrovaria
subcomplex. T. pintodiasi was initially compared to T. carcavalloi by staining and …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple discrete typing units of Trypanosoma cruzi infect sylvatic Triatoma dimidiata and Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Southeast Mexico

DV Joselín, M Ignacio, RM Ángel… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is an infection caused by the parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi. According to its genetic characteristics, this parasite is divided into six …