Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi and transmitted mainly by members of the subfamily Triatominae. There are currently …

Classification of the Triatominae has become a complex balance between traditional
approaches and a wide variety of evolutionary interpretations. On the one hand is the need …

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

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

Rhodnius Stål, 1859 is the second largest genus of Triatominae after Triatoma Laporte,
1832, and includes several important Chagas vectors. Genitalia in Reduviidae are …

Durante la última década se han reportado numerosos casos de infección por Trypanosoma
cruzi por vía oral, debidos a la contaminación de alimentos con heces de triatominos …

Triatomine bugs, the vectors of Chagas disease, feed primarily on vertebrate blood and live
in close association with their hosts. Here we provide an updated synthesis of current …

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 …

The members of the subfamily Triatominae are true bugs specialized in blood-sucking. All
species are potential vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), the causative agent of …

Triatominae bugs are the vectors of Chagas disease, a major concern to public health
especially in Latin America, where vector-borne Chagas disease has undergone …