Vector competence and feeding-excretion behavior of Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi TcVI.
Thaiane VerlyStephanie CostaNathanielly LimaJacenir MalletFrancisco OdêncioMirian PereiraCarlos José de Carvalho MoreiraConstança Felicia De Paoli de Carvalho BrittoMárcio Galvão PavanPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
Laboratory infections revealed similar rate of T. cruzi TcVI trypomatigotes in excreta of T. rubrovaria and T. infestans, one of the most epidemiological important vectors of T. cruzi. Therefore, TcVI DTU was able to complete its life cycle in T. rubrovaria under laboratory conditions, and this infection changed the feeding behavior of T. rubrovaria. Considering these results, T. rubrovaria must be kept under constant entomological surveillance in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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