Chagas disease persists as one of the most important, and yet most neglected, diseases in the world, and several changes in its epidemiological aspects have been recorded since its …
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 …
P Medone, S Ceccarelli, PE Parham… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is the most important vector- borne disease in Latin America. The vectors are insects belonging to the Triatominae …
Abstract Triatoma bahiensis Sherlock & Serafim, 1967, T. lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967, and T. pessoai Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 were described based on material collected in the …
BM Carvalho, EF Rangel, MM Vale - Bulletin of entomological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Vector-borne diseases are exceptionally sensitive to climate change. Predicting vector occurrence in specific regions is a challenge that disease control programs must meet in …
This study explores the present day distribution of Lutzomyia longipalpis in relation to climate, and transfers the knowledge gained to likely future climatic conditions to predict …
Abstract “Triatoma brasiliensis species complex” was defined as a monophyletic group of the species: T. brasiliensis, T. juazeirensis, T. melanica, and T. sherlocki. An alternative …
S Soh, J Aik - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Culex mosquitoes are important vectors of West Nile Virus (WNV), St. Louis Encephalitis Virus (SLEV) and Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV). Climate change is expected to alter …
Abstract Background Mepraia gajardoi and Mepraia spinolai are endemic triatomine vector species of Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that causes Chagas disease. These vectors …