scholarly journals Constitutive heterochromatin polymorphism of a Triatoma infestans strain, a main vector insect of Chagas' disease

1991 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirohisa HIRAI ◽  
Yoshinori SHONO ◽  
G. Antonieta ROJAS de ARIAS ◽  
Isao TADA
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Constitutive Heterochromatin ◽  
Triatoma Infestans ◽  
Vector Insect ◽  
Heterochromatin Polymorphism

C-heterochromatin polymorphism in holocentric chromosomes of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Genome ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 1068-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fco Panzera ◽  
F. Alvarez ◽  
J. Sanchez-Rufas ◽  
R. Pérez ◽  
J. A. Suja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Chromosomal Polymorphism ◽  
Triatoma Infestans ◽  
Holocentric Chromosomes ◽  
Marked Variation ◽  
Geographical Pattern ◽  
First Report ◽  
Heterochromatin Polymorphism

This is the first report of intraspecific variation of C-bands in Heteroptera, described in natural populations of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), the main vector of Chagas disease in Uruguay. Marked variation in number, position, and size of C-heterochromatic bands was found in the three large autosomal pairs. A geographical pattern of this chromosomal polymorphism was observed. Evolutionary importance and epidemiological relevance are discussed.Key words: Triatoma infestans, cytogenetics, C-band polymorphism, holocentric chromosomes, Chagas disease.

Improving houses in the Bolivian Chaco increases effectiveness of residual insecticide spraying against infestation with Triatoma infestans, vector of Chagas disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Gonçalves ◽  
Daniel Landivar ◽  
Edson Grover Sañez Liendo ◽  
Janet Mamani Fernandez ◽  
Hanafy M. Ismail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Triatoma Infestans

scholarly journals Molecular Population Genetics and Evolution of the Chagas’ Disease Vector Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 316-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz García ◽  
Alicia R. Pérez Rosas ◽  
María Blariza ◽  
Carla Grosso ◽  
Cintia Fernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetics ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Triatoma Infestans ◽  
Disease Vector ◽  
Molecular Population Genetics

scholarly journals Intensified Surveillance and Insecticide-based Control of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Argentinean Chaco

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. e2158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan M. Gurevitz ◽  
María Sol Gaspe ◽  
Gustavo F. Enriquez ◽  
Yael M. Provecho ◽  
Uriel Kitron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Triatoma Infestans ◽  
Disease Vector

scholarly journals The initial success of the Chagas' Disease Control Program: factors contributing to Triatomine infestation

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Millicent Fleming-Moran
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Triatoma Infestans ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Disease Vector ◽  
Disease Control Program ◽  
Household Crowding ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
House Infestation ◽  
Regional Comparisons

While the control of the major Chagas' disease vector Triatoma infestans has been achieved in many endemic areas of Brazil, data from the inception of the control program in the Triângulo Mineiro (1976-79) suggest that re-infestation by triatomines occurs under certain favorable conditions. The percentage of houses infested in 500 communities of the Triângulo Mineiro region is compared for two years: 1976 and 1979, using linear regression models. Controlling for three major triatomine vectors, household crowding, house demolition and construction, and infested out-buildings are all independent covariates of house infestation in these communities. While several household factors have been suggested as correlates of infestation, the control program focuses on community-level reductions in infestation, but intra-community or regional comparisons have heretofore been unfeasible. Computerized data are becoming available to identify communities at high risk for re-infestation, and for targeting control-program activities.

scholarly journals Identifying Current and Missing Knowledge in the Control of Pyrethroid-Resistant Triatoma infestans, Vector of Chagas Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Roca Acevedo ◽  
María Inés Picollo
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Pyrethroid Resistance ◽  
Triatoma Infestans ◽  
Vector Transmission ◽  
Pyrethroid Insecticides ◽  
Blood Sucking ◽  
Deltamethrin Resistance ◽  
Metabolic Detoxification

Triatomines are blood-sucking bugs that occur mainly in Latin America. They are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. Chemical control of Chagas disease´s vectors by using pyrethroid insecticides has been highly successful for the elimination of domestic infestation and consequently the reduction of the vector transmission. However, at the beginning of the 2000s a decrease in the effectiveness of the chemical control of triatomines was detected in several areas from Argentina and Bolivia, particularly in the Gran Chaco eco-region.During the last 15 years, several studies demonstrated the evolution of insecticide resistance in Triatoma infestans and established the presence of different toxicological profiles, the autosomal inherence of resistance, the biological costs of deltamethrin resistance, the expression of deltamethrin resistance thorough the embryonic development, and the main mechanisms of resistance (target-site insensitivity and metabolic detoxification of insecticides).The emergence of pyrethroid resistance coupled with the usual difficulties in sustaining adequate rates of insecticide applications emphasize the need of incorporating other tools for integrated vector and disease control, such as the proposal of the organo-phosphorus insecticide fenitrothion as an alternative chemical strategy for the management of the resistance because it was effective against pyrethroid-resistant populations in laboratory and semi-field trials.New studies on the current situation of presence and spread of resistant populations of triatomines and the acceptance of the use of alternative insecticides are critical requirements in the implementation of strategies for the management of resistance and for the rational design of campaigns oriented to reducing the vector transmission of Chagas’ disease.

scholarly journals Urban infestation by Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), an overlooked phenomena for Chagas disease in Argentina

2021 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yael Mariana Provecho ◽  
María del Pilar Fernández ◽  
Liliana Salvá ◽  
Sergio Meli ◽  
Florencia Cano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Triatoma Infestans

Entomopathogenic nematodes (Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae), to control Triatoma infestans populations (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), Chagas disease vector

2021 ◽  
pp. 104814
Author(s):  
Daiana Pamela Eliceche ◽  
María Fernanda Achinelly ◽  
Carlos Silvestre ◽  
María Victoria Micieli ◽  
Gerardo Aníbal Marti
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Entomopathogenic Nematodes ◽  
Triatoma Infestans ◽  
Disease Vector
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