Presence of triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and risk of transmission of Chagas disease in Colima, México.

Mini Review: Karyotypic Survey in Triatominae Subfamily (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

Triatomines are insects that are taxonomically included in the Hemiptera order and the Heteroptera suborder within the Reduviidae family and in the Triatominae subfamily [1]. These organisms are of great medical importance, because all of the species that belong to the Triatominae subfamily are both bloodsucking and susceptible to infection from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, 1909 (Kin...

The synanthropic process of Chagas disease vectors in Brazil, with special attention to Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911 (Hemiptera, reduviidae, triatominae) population, genetical, ecological, and epidemiological aspects.

Description of a newly discovered Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Foci in Ibipeba, State of Bahia, Brazil.

INTRODUCTION Chagas disease transmitted by the Triatoma infestans was eradicated from Brazil in 2006. However, reports of triatomine foci threaten the control of Chagas disease. The goal of this study was to determine T. infestans foci in the City of Ibipeba, State of Bahia. METHODS Triatominae specimens were collected in Ibipeba and entomologic indicators were calculated using indices of dom...

Household model of Chagas disease vectors (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) considering domestic, peridomestic, and sylvatic vector populations.

ABSTRACT Disease transmission is difficult to model because most vectors and hosts have different generation times. Chagas disease is such a situation, where insect vectors have 1-2 generations annually and mammalian hosts, including humans, can live for decades. The hemataphagous triatominae vectors (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) of the causative parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosom...

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...