The Parasite Load of Trypanosoma cruzi Modulates Feeding and Defecation Patterns of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans

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Chacón.2022.The Parasite Load of Trypanosoma cruzi Modulates Feeding and Defecation Patterns of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans.pdf (1.42 MB)

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2022-05-10

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Chacón, Francisco, Bacigalupo, Antonella, Alvarez-Duhart, Bárbara, Cattan, Pedro E., Solis, Rigoberto, Munoz-San Martín, Catalina

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MDPI AG

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https://repositorio.udla.cl/handle/udla/1019

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https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10051003

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Chagas disease, behavior, feeding, defecation, host-parasite interactions, insect vector, parasite load, triatominae, Trypanosoma cruzi, Triatoma infestans

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Microorganisms, 10(5), 1003. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10051003

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Trypanosoma cruzi is the causal agent of Chagas disease, a parasitic zoonosis transmitted mainly through the feces of triatomine insects. Triatoma infestans is the main triatomine vector of this disea...

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