Vector competence and feeding-excretion behavior of Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi TcVI.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Thaiane Verly, Stephanie Costa, Nathanielly Lima, Jacenir Mallet, Francisco Odêncio, Mirian Pereira, Carlos José de Carvalho Moreira, Constança Britto, Márcio G Pavan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Blanchard
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008712; https://doaj.org/article/4e0310967ade44c38a65549fcc27bbf2

Background Several studies addressed changes on the insect vector behavior due to parasite infection, but little is known for triatomine bugs, vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. We assessed infection rates and metacyclogenesis of T. cruzi (TcVI) in fifth-instar ny...