[HTML][HTML] Natural Trypanosoma cruzi Infection and Climatic Season Influence the Developmental Capacity in Field-Caught Mepraia spinolai Nymphs

J Botzotz, G Méndez-Valdés, S Ortiz, A López… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Triatomines are hemimetabolous and hematophagous insect vectors of
Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. The life cycle of triatomines is …

[HTML][HTML] Trypanosoma cruzi infection follow-up in a sylvatic vector of Chagas disease: Comparing early and late stage nymphs

V Cortés, A Cruz, S Onetti, D Kinzel… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by the triatomine Mepraia
spinolai in the southwest of South America. Here, we examined the T. cruzi-infection …

Survivorship of wild caught Mepraia spinolai nymphs: the effect of seasonality and Trypanosoma cruzi infection after feeding and fasting in the laboratory

A Mc Cabe, F Yañez, R Pinto, A López, S Ortiz… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Vector survival is an important variable
affecting vectorial capacity to determine parasite transmission risk. The aims of this study are …

Trypanosoma cruzi over the ocean: Insular zones of Chile with presence of infected vector Mepraia species

N Rives-Blanchard, F Torres-Pérez, S Ortiz, A Solari… - Acta Tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is one of the main zoonosis mediated by vectors in America. The etiologic
agent Trypanosoma cruzi infects different mammals and is transmitted principally by the …

[HTML][HTML] Within-host temporal fluctuations of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units: the case of the wild reservoir rodent Octodon degus

G Rojo, A Sandoval-Rodríguez, A López, S Ortiz… - Parasites & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is considered a major public
health problem in America. After an acute phase the disease changes to a chronic phase …

Organs infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and DTU identification in the naturally infected rodent Octodon degus

G Rojo, F Pèlissier, A Sandoval-Rodriguez… - Experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is a public health problem in America. Its parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi,
presents different discrete typing units (DTUs), colonizes organs of mammalian hosts in …

First genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi from naturally infected Triatoma juazeirensis, Triatoma melanica and Triatoma sherlocki from Bahia State, Brazil

PJ Waniek, CAC Araújo, AM Jansen… - Medical and Veterinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many previous studies have shown a great phylogenetic and biological variability of
Trypanosoma cruzi using different molecular and biochemical methods. Populations of T …

Minicircle classes heterogeneity within the TcIII and TcIV discrete typing units of Trypanosoma cruzi

S Ortiz, G Osorio, A Solari - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2017 - Elsevier
The taxon Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease, is composed of several
discrete typing units (DTUs) named TcI-TcVI, and Tcbat. The history of the taxon T. cruzi is …

Minicircle classes heterogeneity within the TcIII and TcIV discrete typing units of Trypanosoma cruzi

S Ortiz Zúñiga, CG Osorio Abarzúa, A Solari Illescas - 2017 - repositorio.uchile.cl
The taxon Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease, is composed of several
discrete typing units (DTUs) named TcI-TcVI, and Tcbat. The history of the taxon T. cruzi is …