Ecological niche modeling and differentiation of populations of* Triatoma brasiliensis* Neiva, 1911, the most important Chagas disease vector in northeastern Brazil …

J Costa, AT Peterson, CB Beard - 2002 - kuscholarworks.ku.edu
Ecologic niche modeling has allowed numerous advances in understanding the geographic
ecology of species, including distributionalpredictions, distributionalchange and invasion …

Nested clade and phylogeographic analyses of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma brasiliensis in Northeast Brazil

FA Monteiro, MJ Donnelly, CB Beard, J Costa - … phylogenetics and evolution, 2004 - Elsevier
Triatoma brasiliensis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) is the most important Chagas
disease vector in the semiarid areas of Northeast Brazil. We analyzed mitochondrial …

Predicting the Potential Geographical Distribution of Rhodnius neglectus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) Based on Ecological Niche Modeling

R Gurgel-Gonçalves, CAC Cuba - Journal of medical …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Rhodnius neglectus is frequently found in palm trees and bird nests in sylvatic
environments. However, adult specimens infected by Trypanosoma cruzi have been …

Ecological niche and geographic distribution of the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma dimidiata (Reduviidae: Triatominae): Evidence for niche differentiation among …

A Gómez-Palacio, S Arboleda, E Dumonteil… - Infection, genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The principal vector of Chagas disease in Central America, Triatoma dimidiata, shows
considerable diversity of habitat, phenotype, and genotype across its geographic range …

Could the bug Triatoma sherlocki be vectoring Chagas disease in small mining communities in Bahia, Brazil?

CE Almeida, E Folly‐Ramos… - Medical and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Searches for Chagas disease vectors were performed at the type locality from which
Triatoma sherlocki Papa et al.(Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) was described in the …

Dynamics between sylvatic, peridomestic and domestic populations of Triatoma brasiliensis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Ceará State, Northeastern Brazil

ÉC Borges, JP Dujardin, CJ Schofield, AJ Romanha… - Acta Tropica, 2005 - Elsevier
Triatoma brasiliensis is the most important Chagas disease vector in the drier regions of the
“Brazilian Caatinga”, colonizing both sylvatic and domestic environments, usually forming …

Ecotopes, natural infection and trophic resources of Triatoma brasiliensis (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

J Costa, JR Almeida, C Britto, R Duarte… - Memórias do Instituto …, 1998 - SciELO Brasil
Triatoma brasiliensis is considered as one of the most important Chagas disease vectors in
the northeastern Brazil. This species presents chromatic variations which led to descriptions …

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 …

Potential distribution of Chagas disease vectors (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Colombia, based on ecological niche modeling

G Parra-Henao, LC Suárez-Escudero… - Journal of tropical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological niche modeling of Triatominae bugs allow us to establish the local risk of
transmission of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease. This …

Ecological niche modeling as a tool for understanding distributions and interactions of vectors, hosts, and etiologic agents of Chagas disease

J Costa, AT Peterson - Recent advances on model hosts, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Chagas disease, or American Trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease
caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which is in turn transmitted by blood …