Comparative and functional triatomine genomics reveals reductions and expansions in insecticide resistance-related gene families.

• Main Authors: Lucila Traverso (Author), Andrés Lavore (Author), Ivana Sierra (Author), Victorio Palacio (Author), Jesús Martinez-Barnetche (Author), José Manuel Latorre-Estivalis (Author), Gaston Mougabure-Cueto (Author), Flavio Francini (Author), Marcelo G Lorenzo (Author), Mario Henry Rodríguez (Author), Sheila Ons (Author), Rolando V Rivera-Pomar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Triatomine insects are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite that is the causative agent of Chagas' disease. This is a neglected disease affecting approximately 8 million people in Latin America. The existence of diverse pyrethroid resistant populations of at least two s...