Project description:This project aims to investigate the immuno-physiology of the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus, by analysing the effect of blood ingestion and Trypanosoma cruzi colonisation of its digestive tract on the modulation of protein expression in the hemolymph.
Project description:Analysis of the effect of Trypanosoma cruzi establishment in the anterior midgut of its vector, Rhodnius prolixus, on the variation of its protein expression after 6 and 24 hours post-infection