Opportunistic or selective? Stage-dependent feeding behavior in a wild vector of Chagas disease

Trypanosoma cruzi Parasite Load Modulates the Circadian Activity Pattern of Triatoma infestans

(2022) Francisco Chacón et al.   Insects

Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the wild Chagas disease vector, Mepraia spinolai: Parasitic load, discrete typing units, and blood meal sources

(2022) Miguel Saavedra et al.   ACTA TROPICA

The Parasite Load of Trypanosoma cruzi Modulates Feeding and Defecation Patterns of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans

(2022) Francisco Chacón et al.   Microorganisms

Blood-Meal Sources and Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Coastal and Insular Triatomine Bugs from the Atacama Desert of Chile

(2022) Nicol Quiroga et al.   Microorganisms

Manipulation of Insect Vectors’ Host Selection Behavior by Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Is Dependent on the Host Plant Species and Viral Co-Infection

(2022) Nami Minato et al.   Life-Basel

Vertebrate-Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera)-arbovirus transmission networks: Non-human feeding revealed by meta-barcoding and next-generation sequencing

(2021) José Guillermo Estrada-Franco et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Triatomine Feeding Profiles and Trypanosoma cruzi Infection, Implications in Domestic and Sylvatic Transmission Cycles in Ecuador

(2021) Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga et al.   Pathogens

Specialist by preference, generalist by need: availability of quality hosts drives parasite choice in a natural multihost−parasite system

(2021) Darío Ezequiel Manzoli et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Modification of the Daily Activity Pattern of the Diurnal Triatomine Mepraia spinolai (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae) Infection

(2021) G Pérez et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Diversity and interactions among triatomine bugs, their blood feeding sources, gut microbiota and Trypanosoma cruzi in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia

(2021) Claribel Murillo-Solano et al.   Scientific Reports

Trypanosoma cruzi infection follow-up in a sylvatic vector of Chagas disease: Comparing early and late stage nymphs

(2021) Valeria Cortés et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat) and Histiotus montanus (small big-eared brown bat) from Chile

(2021) Nicol Quiroga et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Lizards and rabbits may increase Chagas infection risk in the Mediterranean-type ecosystem of South America

(2020) Esteban San Juan et al.   Scientific Reports

Prevalence, infected density or individual probability of infection? Assessing vector infection risk in the wild transmission of Chagas disease

(2020) Carezza Botto-Mahan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Triatoma petrocchiae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): A Chagas disease vector of T. brasiliensis species complex associated to reptiles

(2020) Maurício Lilioso et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Domestic host availability modifies human‐triatomine contact and host shifts of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in the humid Argentine Chaco

(2020) P. C. Ordóñez‐Krasnowski et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Trypanosoma cruzi could affect wild triatomine approaching behaviour to humans by altering vector nutritional status: A field test

(2020) Daniela Estay-Olea et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Identification of blood-feeding sources in Panstrongylus, Psammolestes, Rhodnius and Triatoma using amplicon-based next-generation sequencing

(2020) Luisa M. Arias-Giraldo et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Dynamics of food sources, ecotypic distribution and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma brasiliensis from the northeast of Brazil

(2020) Maurício Lilioso et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Trypanosomatid Infections among Vertebrates of Chile: A Systematic Review

(2020) Juana P. Correa et al.   Pathogens

Sampling understory birds in different habitat types using point counts and camera traps

(2020) Francisco E. Fontúrbel et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Spatio-temporal characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and discrete typing units infecting hosts and vectors from non-domestic foci of Chile

(2019) Camila Ihle-Soto et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Survivorship of wild caught Mepraia spinolai nymphs: The effect of seasonality and Trypanosoma cruzi infection after feeding and fasting in the laboratory

(2019) A. Mc Cabe et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Potential impact of climate change on the geographical distribution of two wild vectors of Chagas disease in Chile: Mepraia spinolai and Mepraia gajardoi

(2019) Rubén Garrido et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Zombie bugs? Manipulation of kissing bug behavior by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi

(2019) María Guadalupe Ramírez-González et al.   ACTA TROPICA

What makes an effective Chagas disease vector? Factors underlying Trypanosoma cruzi -triatomine interactions

(2018) José A. de Fuentes-Vicente et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Detailed ecological associations of triatomines revealed by metabarcoding and next-generation sequencing: implications for triatomine behavior and Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles

(2018) Eric Dumonteil et al.   Scientific Reports

Correction to: Predation potential of Rhynocoris marginatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) against three mealybug species of agricultural importance

(2018) Kitherian Sahayaraj et al.   APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

Parasite-altered feeding behavior in insects: integrating functional and mechanistic research frontiers

(2017) Melissa A. Bernardo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Wing Polymorphism and Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Wild, Peridomestic, and Domestic Collections of Mepraia spinolai (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) From Chile

(2017) Daniel Frías-Lasserre et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Feeding profile of Mepraia spinolai , a sylvatic vector of Chagas disease in Chile

(2016) F. Chacón et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Feature based quality assessment of DNA sequencing chromatograms

(2016) Ersoy Öz et al.   APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING

VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics

(2016) Torbjørn Rognes et al.   PeerJ

Analytical Validation of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Methods for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients

(2015) Juan Carlos Ramírez et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Spatial distribution of an infectious disease in a small mammal community

(2015) Juana P. Correa et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Spatial distribution of an infectious disease in a small mammal community

(2015) Juana P. Correa et al.   Science of Nature

Alterations in mosquito behaviour by malaria parasites: potential impact on force of infection

(2014) Lauren J Cator et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Effects of mammal host diversity and density on the infection level ofTrypanosoma cruziin sylvatic kissing bugs

(2014) E. ODA et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Ecological patterns of blood-feeding by kissing-bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

(2014) Jorge Eduardo Rabinovich et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Domestic Animal Hosts Strongly Influence Human-Feeding Rates of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in Argentina

(2014) Ricardo E. Gürtler et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Factors affecting cactus recruitment in semiarid Chile: A role for nurse effects?

(2013) Rocío A. Cares et al.   FLORA

Stage preference and functional response of Rhynocoris longifrons (Stål) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on three hemipteran cotton pests

(2012) Kitherian Sahayaraj et al.   BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

High-Resolution Melting (HRM) of the Cytochrome B Gene: A Powerful Approach to Identify Blood-Meal Sources in Chagas Disease Vectors

(2012) Victor H. Peña et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Learned host preference in a Chagas disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus

(2011) Clément Vinauger et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Vector preference for hosts differing in infection status: sharpshooter movement and Xylella fastidiosa transmission

(2011) MATTHEW P. DAUGHERTY et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Infection with a plant virus modifies vector feeding behavior

(2011) C. A. Stafford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vector host-feeding preferences drive transmission of multi-host pathogens: West Nile virus as a model system

(2011) J. E. Simpson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mosquito Host Selection Varies Seasonally with Host Availability and Mosquito Density

(2011) Tara C. Thiemann et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Sylvatic foci of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Chile: description of a new focus and challenges for control programs

(2010) Antonella Bacigalupo et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

New perspectives in tracing vector-borne interaction networks

(2010) Elena Gómez-Díaz et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Molecular Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in the Wild Transmission Cycle: The Evaluation in the Sylvatic Vector Mepraia spinolai from an Endemic Area of Chile

(2009) Ximena Coronado et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Molecular methods for arthropod bloodmeal identification and applications to ecological and vector-borne disease studies

(2009) REBEKAH J. KENT   Molecular Ecology Resources

Trypanosoma cruzi Induces Life-History Trait Changes in the Wild Kissing Bug Mepraia spinolai: Implications for Parasite Transmission

(2009) C. Botto-Mahan   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Temporal Variation of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Native Mammals in Chile

(2009) Carezza Botto-Mahan et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Accurate Real-Time PCR Strategy for Monitoring Bloodstream Parasitic Loads in Chagas Disease Patients

(2009) Tomas Duffy et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases