Trypanosoma cruzi infection, discrete typing units and feeding sources among Psammolestes arthuri (Reduviidae: Triatominae) collected in eastern Colombia

Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and is transmitted by hematophagous insects of the family Reduviidae. Psammolestes arthuri is a sylvatic triatomine distributed in Colomb...

Source: Parasites and Vectors - April 8, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Natalia Vel ásquez-Ortiz, Carolina Hernández, Giovanny Herrera, Lissa Cruz-Saavedra, Adriana Higuera, Luisa M. Arias-Giraldo, Plutarco Urbano, Andrés Cuervo, Aníbal Teherán and Juan David Ramírez Tags: Research Source Type: research