Of the currently known 140 species in the family Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae, those
which are most important as vectors of the aetiologic agent of Chagas disease …

Trypanosoma rangeli, a parasite generally considered non-pathogenic for man, is the
second species of human trypanosome to be reported from the New World. The …

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 …

Background Trypanosoma rangeli is a hemoflagellate protozoan parasite infecting humans
and other wild and domestic mammals across Central and South America. It does not cause …

To make reliable interpretations about evolutionary relationships between Trypanosoma
rangeli lineages and their insect vectors (triatomine bugs of the genus Rhodnius) and, thus …

Background Trypanosomatids are among the most critical parasites for public health due to
their impact on human, animal, and plant health. Diseases associated with these pathogens …

The mitochondrial DNA of Trypanosomatids, known as the kinetoplast DNA or kDNA or
mtDNA, consists of a few maxicircles and thousands of minicircles concatenated together …

Background Trypanosoma rangeli is a protozoan that infects a variety of mammalian hosts,
including humans. Its main insect vector is Rhodnius prolixus and is found in several Latin …

In this book chapter, we discuss the interactions between triatomines, two heteroxenous
trypanosomatids—Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, and …

We characterized 14 trypanosome isolates from sylvatic mammals (9 from primates, 1 from
sloth, 2 from anteaters and 2 from opossum) plus 2 human isolates of Brazilian Amazon …