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Kissing bugs. The vectors of Chagas.

Lori Stevens¹, Patricia L Dorn, Justin O Schmidt, John H Klotz, David Lucero, Stephen A Klotz.

Abstract

A complete picture of Chagas disease requires an appreciation of the many species of kissing bugs and their role in transmitting this disease to humans and other mammals. This chapter provides an overview of the taxonomy of the major species of kissing bugs and their evolution. Knowledge of systematics and biological kinship of these insects may contribute to novel and useful measures to control the bugs. The biology of kissing bugs, their life cycle, method of feeding and other behaviours contributing to the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi are explained. We close with a discussion of vector control measures and the allergic complications of kissing bug bites, a feature of particular importance in the United States.

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Year: 2011 PMID： 21820556 DOI： 10.1016/B978-0-12-385863-4.00008-3

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Parasitol ISSN： 0065-308X Impact factor: 3.870

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14 in total

1. Vector blood meals are an early indicator of the effectiveness of the Ecohealth approach in halting Chagas transmission in Guatemala.

Authors: Mariele J Pellecer; Patricia L Dorn; Dulce M Bustamante; Antonieta Rodas; M Carlota Monroy
Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg Date: 2013-02-04 Impact factor: 2.345

2. Free-roaming kissing bugs, vectors of Chagas disease, feed often on humans in the Southwest.

Authors: Stephen A Klotz; Justin O Schmidt; Patricia L Dorn; Craig Ivanyi; Katherine R Sullivan; Lori Stevens
Journal: Am J Med Date: 2014-01-04 Impact factor: 4.965

3. Low prevalence of Chagas parasite infection in a nonhuman primate colony in Louisiana.

Authors: Patricia L Dorn; Megan E Daigle; Crescent L Combe; Ashley H Tate; Lori Stevens; Kathrine M Phillippi-Falkenstein
Journal: J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci Date: 2012-07 Impact factor: 1.232

4. Migration and Gene Flow Among Domestic Populations of the Chagas Insect Vector Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Detected by Microsatellite Loci.

Authors: Lori Stevens; M Carlota Monroy; Antonieta Guadalupe Rodas; Robin M Hicks; David E Lucero; Leslie A Lyons; Patricia L Dorn
Journal: J Med Entomol Date: 2015-03-12 Impact factor: 2.278

5. Vector blood meals and Chagas disease transmission potential, United States.

Authors: Lori Stevens; Patricia L Dorn; Julia Hobson; Nicholas M de la Rua; David E Lucero; John H Klotz; Justin O Schmidt; Stephen A Klotz
Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Date: 2012-04 Impact factor: 6.883

6. Sources of blood meals of sylvatic Triatoma guasayana near Zurima, Bolivia, assayed with qPCR and 12S cloning.

Authors: David E Lucero; Wilma Ribera; Juan Carlos Pizarro; Carlos Plaza; Levi W Gordon; Reynaldo Peña; Leslie A Morrissey; Donna M Rizzo; Lori Stevens
Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis Date: 2014-12-04

7. Hunting, swimming, and worshiping: human cultural practices illuminate the blood meal sources of cave dwelling Chagas vectors (Triatoma dimidiata) in Guatemala and Belize.

Authors: Lori Stevens; M Carlota Monroy; Antonieta Guadalupe Rodas; Patricia L Dorn
Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis Date: 2014-09-11