Chagas disease is one of the most important tropical infections in the world and mainly
affects poor people. The causative agent is the hemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma …

Relatively little is known about the fitness effects and life history trade-offs in medically
important parasites and their insect vectors. One such case is the triatomine bugs and the …

The methods used to control triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of
Chagas disease, include the implementation of cultural and mechanical practices, as well as …

Social context is a key factor affecting sexual behaviour and cannot be neglected in
gregarious species, such as triatomine blood-sucking bugs. Here we study the influence of …

Triatomine insects are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), the causing agent of
Chagas disease. We studied the morphological ontogenetic changes of Dipetalogaster …

Chagas disease is an important vector-borne disease endemic in Mexico. Of the 33
triatomine species found in Mexico, Triatoma longipennis (Usinger) is considered among the …

Abstract Background Most species of Triatominae live exclusively in Latin America.
However, one species, Triatoma rubrofasciata, has been recorded in the Americas as well …

Rhodnius neglectus is a wild triatomine, vector of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which
causes Chagas' disease, and feeds on the blood of small mammals, being essential for its …

Among insect species, the male genitalia evolved many different anatomical features to
ensure reproductive success. Males of primitive insects do not copulate but transfer sperm …