Detection of Trypansoma cruzi in Kissing Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Collected Across Oklahoma
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab211
Abstract: Abstract Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease in humans and dogs in the Americas. Transmission predominantly occurs via the feces of infected kissing bugs (Hemiptera: family Reduviidae; subfamily Triatominae) contaminating bite site… read more here.
Keywords: cruzi; detection trypansoma; kissing bugs; bugs hemiptera ... See more keywords
Using axenic and gnotobiotic insects to examine the role of different microbes on the development and reproduction of the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16800
Abstract: Kissing bugs (Hempitera: Reduviidae) are obligately and exclusively blood feeding insects. Vertebrate blood is thought to provide insufficient B vitamins to insects, which rely on obligate symbiotic relationships with bacteria that provision these nutrients. Kissing… read more here.
Keywords: kissing bug; prolixus; insects; rhodnius prolixus ... See more keywords
Review of Kissing Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from China with Descriptions of Two New Species
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DOI: 10.3390/insects14050450
Abstract: Simple Summary Triatominae, commonly known as kissing bugs, are blood-feeding insects that can carry the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi to spread Chagas disease. In this study, we conducted a taxonomic review of Chinese triatomines, which involved… read more here.
Keywords: triatominae china; kissing bugs; two new; cai nov ... See more keywords