Triatomines: Trypanosomatids, Bacteria, and Viruses Potential Vectors?

ABSTRACT: Triatominae bugs are the vectors of Chagas disease, a major concern to public health especially in Latin America, where vector-borne Chagas disease has undergone resurgence due mainly to diminished triatomine control in many endemic municipalities. Although the majority of Triatominae species occurs in the Americas, species belonging to the genus Linshcosteus occur in India, and species belonging to the Triatoma rubrofasciata complex have been also identified in Africa, the Middle East, South-East Asia, and in the Western Pacific. Not all of Triatominae species have been found to be infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, but the possibility of establishing vector transmission to areas where Chagas disease was previously non-endemic has increased with global population mobili

SUBMITTER: Vieira CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6250844 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature