Background:Since the late twentieth century,Chagas disease gained global attention to suppress the vector burden as a main control strategy in endemic countries.In Central America,multi-national initiative successfull...
Trypanosoma cruzi,the causative agent of Chagas disease, interacts with molecules in the midgut of its insect vector to multiply and reach the infective stage. Many studies suggest that the parasite binds to midgut-sp...
This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC1202000,2016YFC1202001,and 2016YFC1200500);Shenzhen San-Ming Project for prevention and research on vector-borne diseases(SZSM201611064).
Background:Two health concerns primarily related to triatomine bugs are transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi through infective feces,and allergic reactions induced by triatomine bites.In the Southwestern United States,re...
Triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) are obligate hematophagous insects. They are of medical importance because they are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease in the Americas. In recent...