Ecological patterns of blood-feeding by kissing-bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)
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Ecological patterns of blood-feeding by kissing-bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae).
Host use by vectors is important in understanding the transmission of zoonotic diseases, which can affect humans, wildlife and domestic animals. Here, a synthesis of host exploitation patterns by kissing-bugs, vectors of Chagas disease, is presented. For this synthesis, an extensive literature review restricted to feeding sources analysed by precipitin tests was conducted. Modern tools from com...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762011000400016