LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Systematic review on the biology, ecology, genetic diversity and parasite transmission potential of Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille 1811) in Latin America

Vivas, Ricardo José; García, Jorge Enrique; Guhl, Felipe; Hernández, Carolina; Velásquez, Natalia; Ramírez, Juan David; Carranza, Julio César; Vallejo, Gustavo Adolfo.

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 116 (), 2021

Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) is the triatomine with the largest geographic distribution in Latin America. It has been reported in 18 countries from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Caribbean islands. Although most reports indicate that P. geniculatus has wild habitats, ...

Biología, Enfermedad de Chagas/transmisión, Ecología, Genes de Insecto, Variación Genética/genética, Genotipo, Geografía, Insectos Vectores/genética, Insectos Vectores/parasitología, América Latina, Panstrongylus/genética, Panstrongylus/parasitología, Panstrongylus/fisiología, Filogenia, Triatoma/parasitología, Trypanosoma cruzi/aislamiento & purificación

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Characteristics of Triatomine infestation and natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION Natural and artificial ecotope infestation by the kissing bug triatomines and their colonization and infection by Trypanosoma cruzi , the Chagas disease agent, were evaluated in nine municipalities of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. METHODS Following identification, triat...