Changing climate is not the only driver for alterations in the dynamic interaction between
arthropod vectors of zoonotic parasites and their hosts, including humans. A suite of other …

Chagas disease persists as one of the most important, and yet most neglected, diseases in
the world, and several changes in its epidemiological aspects have been recorded since its …

Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos de grande importância médica, pois são os
responsáveis pela transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente etiológico da doença de …

Although Brazil was declared free from Chagas disease transmission by the domestic vector
Triatoma infestans, human acute cases are still being registered based on transmission by …

Abstract Background The Triatoma brasiliensis complex is a monophyletic group,
comprising three species, one of which includes two subspecific taxa, distributed across 12 …

Wolbachia are intracellular, maternally transmitted bacteria considered the most abundant
endosymbionts found in arthropods. They reproductively manipulate their host in order to …

Triatoma jatai sp. nov. is the first new species of triatomine to be described in the state of
Tocantins, in the northern region of Brazil. It was caught on rock outcrops in the wild …

An outbreak of Chagas disease, possibly involving its vector Triatoma brasiliensis
brasiliensis, was identified in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN). Given the historical …

Flight dispersion is recognized as one of the most important mechanisms for triatomine
house infestation. Triatoma sherlocki and T. juazeirensis are closely related species that …

Multiple fragments of mitochondrial DNA genes (cytochrome b, cytochrome oxidase I, and
16S rDNA) were used to evaluate the phylogenetic relationships among Triatoma …