ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Molecular Identification of Food Sources in Triatomines in the Brazilian Northeast: Roles of Goats and Rodents in Chagas Disease Epidemiology.
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- Leveraging Technology to Manage Chagas Disease by Tracking Domestic and Sylvatic Animal Hosts as Sentinels: A Systematic Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Pooled it
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- Entomological indicators and food sources of triatomines in the Brazilian semi-arid region.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2024Article
- The connection between Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles by Triatoma brasiliensis brasiliensis: A threat to human health in an area susceptible to desertification in the Seridó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Dynamics of food sources, ecotypic distribution and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma brasiliensis from the northeast of Brazil.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Identification of blood-feeding sources in Panstrongylus, Psammolestes, Rhodnius and Triatoma using amplicon-based next-generation sequencing.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Protein mass spectrometry detects multiple bloodmeals for enhanced Chagas disease vector ecology.Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Multiple Approaches to Address Potential Risk Factors of Chagas Disease Transmission in Northeastern Brazil.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911: food sources and diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in wild and artificial environments of the semiarid region of Ceará, northeastern Brazil.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Marking Triatoma brasiliensis, Triatoma pseudomaculata and Rhodnius nasutus Nymphs with Trace Elements: Element Persistence and Effects of Marking on Insect Mortality.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Molecular Individual-Based Approach on Triatoma brasiliensis: Inferences on Triatomine Foci, Trypanosoma cruzi Natural Infection Prevalence, Parasite Diversity and Feeding Sources.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
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Abstract
We used the gut contents of triatomines collected from rural areas of Ceará State, northeastern Brazil, to identify their putative hosts via vertebrate cytb gene sequencing. Successful direct sequencing was obtained for 48% of insects, comprising 50 Triatoma brasiliensis, 7 Triatoma pseudomaculata, and 1 Rhodnius nasutus. Basic local alignment search tool (BLAST) procedure revealed that domestic animals, such as chickens (Gallus gallus) and goats (Capra hircus), are the main food source, including in sylvatic environment. Native hosts were also detected in peridomestic environment such as reptiles (Tropidurus sp. and Iguana iguana) and the Galea spixii (Rodentia: Caviidae). The role of goats and Galea spixii in Chagas disease epidemiology calls for further studies, because these mammals likely link the sylvatic and domestic Trypanosoma cruzi cycles.
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