The role of bacterial symbionts in triatomines: an evolutionary perspective

N Salcedo-Porras, C Umaña-Diaz… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Insects have established mutualistic symbiotic interactions with microorganisms that are
beneficial to both host and symbiont. Many insects have exploited these symbioses to …

The innate immune response of triatomines against Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli with an unresolved question: Do triatomines have immune memory?

SP Carmona-Peña, J Contreras-Garduño, DP Castro… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work aimed to review the immune response from different triatomines against
Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli and propose the study of immune memory in …

Dynamic of Composition and Diversity of Gut Microbiota in Triatoma rubrofasciata in Different Developmental Stages and Environmental Conditions

Y Hu, H Xie, M Gao, P Huang, H Zhou, Y Ma… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Triatoma rubrofasciata (T. rubrofasciata), one kind of triatomine insects, is the vector of
Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), which lead to American trypanosomiasis. Although the gut …

Using axenic and gnotobiotic insects to examine the role of different microbes on the development and reproduction of the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera …

CA Gilliland, V Patel, AC McCormick… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kissing bugs (Hempitera: Reduviidae) are obligately and exclusively blood feeding
insects. Vertebrate blood is thought to provide insufficient B vitamins to insects, which rely on …

Diversity and interactions among triatomine bugs, their blood feeding sources, gut microbiota and Trypanosoma cruzi in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in …

C Murillo-Solano, J López-Domínguez, R Gongora… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Chagas disease remains a major neglected disease in Colombia. We aimed to characterize
Trypanosoma cruzi transmission networks in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) …

Resisting an invasion: A review of the triatomine vector (kissing bug) defense strategies against a Trypanosoma sp infection

VI Mwangi, EG Martinez, RL Leda, MESLA Catunda… - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Triatomines are an important group of insects in the Americas. They serve as transmission
vectors for Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent responsible for the deadly Chagas …

Ontogeny, species identity, and environment dominate microbiome dynamics in wild populations of kissing bugs (Triatominae)

JJ Brown, SM Rodríguez-Ruano, A Poosakkannu… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Kissing bugs (Triatominae) are blood-feeding insects best known as
the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease. Considering the …

Bacterial microbiota from the gut of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis, a vector of Chagas disease in Ecuador's Central Coast and Southern Andes

JF Villacís, A López-Rosero, JJ Bustillos… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi that is transmitted mainly by the feces of infected Triatomines. In Ecuador …

[HTML][HTML] Enzymatic biosynthesis of B-complex vitamins is supplied by diverse microbiota in the Rhodnius prolixus anterior midgut following Trypanosoma cruzi …

NJ Tobias, FE Eberhard, AA Guarneri - Computational and structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, colonizes the gut of triatomine
insects, including Rhodnius prolixus. It is believed that this colonization upsets the …

Exposure to Trypanosoma parasites induces changes in the microbiome of the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus

FE Eberhard, S Klimpel, AA Guarneri, NJ Tobias - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background The causative agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, and its
nonpathogenic relative, Trypanosoma rangeli, are transmitted by haematophagous …