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 …

Trypanosomiasis is a protozoan infection affecting both human and animals in almost all
parts of the world. It can affect a very large range of domestic and wild hosts including …

Background: In the Amazon region, several species of triatomines occur in the natural
environments. Among them, species of the genus Rhodnius are a risk to human populations …

The state of Rondônia in the Brazilian Amazon is prone to diseases transmitted by insect
vectors because of the environmental and population changes resulting from large …

Tabanidae is one of the most diverse families of hematophagous dipterans. Tabanids, in
general, are mechanical vectors of some pathogens. Given the vector importance and the …

Abstract Horse fly females (Diptera, Tabanidae) are hematophagous and can vector
pathogens that affect livestock. Complexes of cryptic species are common in Tabanidae, as …

We present an overview of horseflies in Brazil. For this, we compiled and analyzed the data
available in the Taxonomic Catalogue of the Brazilian Fauna (“Catálogo Taxonômico da …

Trypanosoma evansi, the hemoflagellate pathogen that causes “surra,” is a protozoan that
infects the widest variety of mammals worldwide, primarily horses, camels, dogs, and wild …

Background Trypanosoma evansi infects a large number of wild and domestic animals and
causes a spoliative disease known as surra. It is mechanically transmitted, mainly by biting …

As tripanossomíases são um conjunto de doenças causadas por protozoários do gênero
Trypanosoma. Entre elas, temos a surra ou mal-das-cadeiras, cujo agente etiológico é o …