A sco** review of triatomine control for Chagas disease prevention: current and develo** tools in Latin America and the United States

Y Tian, C Durden, GL Hamer - Journal of Medical Entomology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Chagas disease is an infectious disease of human and animal health concern, with 6–8
million chronic human infections and over 50,000 deaths throughout the Americas annually …

Microbial ecology of sandflies—the correlation between nutrition, Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly development and microbiome

S Vaselek, B Alten - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2025 - frontiersin.org
The role and the impact of the microbial component on the biology, ecology, and
development of sandflies is largely unknown. We evaluated the impact of larval nutrition on …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental and Host Characteristics Shape the Gut Microbiota of the Sand Field Cricket, Gryllus firmus

D Patel, CD Kelly, CS Lazar - Applied Microbiology, 2024 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota plays an essential role in its host's nutrition, development and behavior.
Although crickets are becoming major ecosystemic model systems and have important …

Immunomodulatory effects of Triatoma dimidiata feces on Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a murine model

S Escobar-Laines, V Monteon… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2025 - SciELO Brasil
Trypanosoma cruzi infection involves transmission of metacyclic trypomastigotes through
injured skin or mucosa via contaminated feces from insect vectors like Triatoma dimidiata …