Many arthropod species have adopted vertebrate blood as their main food source. Blood is
rich in nutrients and, except for the presence of parasites, sterile. However, this food source …

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 …

In 2006, a total of 178 cases of acute Chagas disease were reported from the Amazonian
state of Pará, Brazil. Eleven occurred in Barcarena and were confirmed by visualization of …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of amplicons is used in a wide variety of contexts. In
many cases, NGS amplicon sequencing remains overly expensive and inflexible, with library …

Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos de grande importância médica, pois são os
responsáveis pela transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente etiológico da doença de …

Background Anthropogenic land use may influence transmission of multi-host vector-borne
pathogens by changing diversity, relative abundance, and community composition of …

Palms are ubiquitous across Neotropical landscapes, from pristine forests or savannahs to
large cities. Although palms provide useful ecosystem services, they also offer suitable …

Landscape interactions of Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc) with Triatoma dimidiata (Td) depend on
the presence and relative abundance of mammal hosts. This study analyzed a landscape …

Triatomine bugs, the vectors of Chagas disease, feed primarily on vertebrate blood and live
in close association with their hosts. Here we provide an updated synthesis of current …

Background Triatomines are hematophagous insects that play an important role as vectors
of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. These insects have adapted …