Leveraging transcriptome sequence read archives for virus detection in wild and colony populations of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae).

ABSTRACT: Triatomines are infamous as vectors of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. However, climate-driven range expansion and urbanization adaptation of triatomine populations, coupled with their highly diverse feeding strategies (vertebrate haematophagy, kleptohaematophagy, and coprophagy), and has elevated interest in triatomines as potential arboviral vectors. Information on the triatomine virome is scant, with prior records including only eight insect-specific viruses: Triatoma virus (TrV) and Rhodnius prolixus viruses 1-7. Here, we leverage publicly available transcriptome datasets to assess viral diversity in 122 wild and colony kissing bugs representing eight species from six countries. In total, six viruses were detected (including Rhodnius prolixus viru

SUBMITTER: Bourke BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452441 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature