Discovered in 1909, Chagas disease was progressively shown to be widespread throughout
Latin America, affecting millions of rural people with a high impact on morbidity and …

Chagas disease is amongst the ten most important neglected tropical diseases but
knowledge on the diversification of its vectors, Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is very …

In this chapter, we review and update current knowledge about the evolution, systematics,
and biogeography of the Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)—true bugs that feed …

A unified understanding of> 390 Myr of insect evolution requires insight into their origin.
Molecular clocks are widely applied for evolutionary dating, but clocks for the class Insecta …

Freshwater snails of the family Lymnaeidae are of a great parasitological importance
because of the very numerous helminth species they transmit, mainly trematodiases of large …

The most representative sample of molecular data, especially 16S and 12S rDNAs, is used
to study the phylogeny and evolution of 57 species of three tribes, Rhodniini, Linshcosteini …

Background Among Chagas disease triatomine vectors, the largest genus, Triatoma,
includes species of high public health interest. Triatoma dimidiata, the main vector …

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 …

We present here a multisource approach that takes advantage of several disciplines to
address a taxonomic issue. A triatomine related to Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 was …

Landscape interactions of Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc) with Triatoma dimidiata (Td) depend on
the presence and relative abundance of mammal hosts. This study analyzed a landscape …