Haematophagous arthropods, including mosquitoes, ticks, flies, triatomine bugs and lice
(here referred to as vectors), are involved in the transmission of various pathogens to …

VectorBase (VectorBase. org) is part of the VEuPathDB Bioinformatics Resource Center,
providing free online access to multi-omics and population biology data, focusing on …

Simple Summary Three small RNA pathways, representing miRNAs, siRNAs and piRNAs,
exist in insects. Of the three pathways, piRNAs and Piwi proteins appear to have the most …

Mosquitoes are the most important vectors of emerging infectious diseases. During the past
decade, our understanding of the diversity of viruses they carry has greatly expanded. Most …

Triatomines are infamous as vectors of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent
of Chagas disease. However, climate-driven range expansion and urbanization adaptation …

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 …

The Triatominae subfamily (Reduviidae) harbors some hematophagous insect species that
have been firmly connected to the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of …

Abstract Triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) are hematophagous insects that transmit
Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent for Chagas disease, to humans and other …

Piwi proteins and the associated Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) coordinate a surveillance
system that protects the animal genome from DNA damage induced by transposable …

Simple Summary Arthropod vector cell lines play an important role in research on the
biology and control of blood-feeding insects and the diseases they transmit. Kissing bugs of …