Trypanosomes Modify the Behavior of Their Insect Hosts: Effects on Locomotion and on the Expression of a Related Gene.

• Main Authors: Newmar Pinto Marliére (Author), José Manuel Latorre-Estivalis (Author), Marcelo Gustavo Lorenzo (Author), David Carrasco (Author), Juliana Alves-Silva (Author), Juliana de Oliveira Rodrigues (Author), Luciana de Lima Ferreira (Author), Luisa de Melo Lara (Author), Carl Lowenberger (Author), Alessandra Aparecida Guarneri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:As a result of evolution, the biology of triatomines must have been significantly adapted to accommodate trypanosome infection in a complex network of vector-vertebrate-parasite interactions. Arthropod-borne parasites have probably developed mechanisms, largely still unknown, to exploit t...