Effects of mating on female reproductive physiology in the insect model, Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of the causative parasite of Chagas disease.

• Main Authors: Jimena Leyria (Author), Alessandra A Guarneri (Author), Marcelo G Lorenzo (Author), Marcela Nouzova (Author), Fernando G Noriega (Author), Samiha A M Benrabaa (Author), Francisco Fernandez-Lima (Author), Lilian Valadares Tose (Author), Ian Orchard (Author), Angela B Lange (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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The blood-sucking hemipteran Rhodnius prolixus is one of the main vectors of Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease that affects several million people worldwide. Consuming a blood meal and mating are events with a high epidemiological impact since after each meal, mated females can lay fertil...