This review focusses on the interactions between the etiologic agent of Chagas disease,
Trypanosoma cruzi, and its triatomine vector. The flagellate mainly colonizes the intestinal …

Annexins (ANXs) exert different functions in cell biological and pathological processes and
are thus known as double or multi-faceted proteins. These sophisticated proteins might …

Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasite with
an estimated 70 million people at risk. Traditionally, parasite presence in triatomine vectors …

Chagas disease is caused by the hemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. The main
transmission mechanism for the parasite in endemic areas is contact with the feces of an …

Insects are unable to synthesize cholesterol and depend on the presence of sterols in the
diet for cell membrane composition and hormone production. Thus, cholesterol absorption …

Chagas disease is transmitted to humans by obligatory hematophagous insects of
Triatominae subfamily, which feeds on various hosts to acquire their nutritional sustenance …

This review summarizes the interactions between Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of
Chagas disease, its vectors, triatomines, and the diverse intestinal microbiota of triatomines …

Chagas disease is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by the flagellated protozoan
Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted to humans by a large group of bloodsucking triatomine …

Studies on the effects of azadirachtin treatment, ecdysone supplementation and ecdysone
therapy on both the ultrastructural organization of the rectum in 5th-instar nymph of …

The lipid mediators, platelet‐activating factor (PAF) and lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), play
relevant pathophysiological roles in Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Several species of LPC …