Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Rhodnius prolixus endure increased predation facilitating parasite transmission to mammal hosts.

• Những tác giả chính: Newmar Pinto Marliére (Tác giả), Marcelo Gustavo Lorenzo (Tác giả), Alessandra Aparecida Guarneri (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
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Triatomine bugs aggregate with conspecifics inside shelters during daylight hours. At dusk, they leave their refuges searching for hosts on which to blood feed. After finding a host, triatomines face the threat of being killed, because hosts often prey on them. As it is known that many parasites ind...