Under-Expression of Chemosensory Genes in Domiciliary Bugs of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma brasiliensis.

• Principais autores: Axelle Marchant (Autor), Florence Mougel (Autor), Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly (Autor), Jane Costa (Autor), Carlos Eduardo Almeida (Autor), Myriam Harry (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:In Latin America, the bloodsucking bugs Triatominae are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. Chemical elimination programs have been launched to control Chagas disease vectors. However, the disease persists because native vectors from sylvatic habitats ar...