Background Vector control has substantially reduced Chagas disease (ChD) incidence.
However, transmission by household-reinfesting triatomines persists, suggesting that …

Triatomines are hemipteran bugs acting as vectors of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi. This parasite causes Chagas disease, one of the major parasitic diseases in the …

The displacement of a species from a habitat by actions of another is the most severe
outcome of interspecific interactions. This review focuses on recent developments in the …

Many arthropod species have adopted vertebrate blood as their main food source. Blood is
rich in nutrients and, except for the presence of parasites, sterile. However, this food source …

Background Understanding the factors that affect the host-feeding preferences of triatomine
bugs is crucial for estimating transmission risks and predicting the effects of control tactics …

Background Several studies addressed changes on the insect vector behavior due to
parasite infection, but little is known for triatomine bugs, vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the …

Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by infection with the
protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) …

Every hematophagous invertebrate studied to date produces at least one inhibitor of
coagulation. Among these, thrombin inhibitors have most frequently been isolated. In order …

Accurate prediction of vectors dispersal, as well as identification of adaptations that allow
blood-feeding vectors to thrive in built environments, are a basis for effective disease control …

The intestinal tract of triatomines is colonized not only by Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic
agent of Chagas disease, but also by the insect flagellate Blastocrithidia triatomae, the rat …