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

• Autores principales: Newmar Pinto Marliére (Autor), José Manuel Latorre-Estivalis (Autor), Marcelo Gustavo Lorenzo (Autor), David Carrasco (Autor), Juliana Alves-Silva (Autor), Juliana de Oliveira Rodrigues (Autor), Luciana de Lima Ferreira (Autor), Luisa de Melo Lara (Autor), Carl Lowenberger (Autor), Alessandra Aparecida Guarneri (Autor)
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• Publicado: 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...