Triatomine bugs, the vectors of Chagas disease, feed primarily on vertebrate blood and live
in close association with their hosts. Here we provide an updated synthesis of current …

For a long time, haematophagy was considered an obligate condition for triatomines
(Hemiptera: Reduviidae) to complete their life cycle. Today, the ability to use …

Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Panstrongylus chinai (Del
Ponte) is highly domiciliated in the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes and has been found …

Vector transmission remains the main mode of Chagas disease transmission. The first part
of this chapter presents the current state of knowledge on the transmission mechanisms, the …

Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is widespread in Latin
America, where the disease remains one of the major public health problems. This condition …

The first record of Triatoma lecticularia out of its reported distribution area together with the
brief description of the said area is provided in this paper. In addition, some biological …

Three behaviors of epidemiological importance: the time lapse for the onset of feeding,
actual feeding, and defecation time for Meccus phyllosomus pallidipennis (Stål), Meccus …

Three behaviors of epidemiological importance, namely feeding latency, feeding duration
and defecation latency, for six populations of Meccus phyllosomus longipennis (Usinger) …

Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae). It is
transmitted to humans primarily through contaminated feces of blood-sucking vectors of the …

The time interval before beginning feeding, feeding time, and defecation delay for 3
Triatominae subspecies, Meccus phyllosomus mazzottii (Ma), M. p. pallidipennis (Pa), and …