Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius) as Vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi
| العنوان: | Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius) as Vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi |
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| المؤلفون: | César Náquira, Michael J. Levy, Renzo Salazar, Katty Borrini-Mayori, Aaron W. Tustin, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra |
| المصدر: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| بيانات النشر: | The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015. |
| سنة النشر: | 2015 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Chagas disease, Male, Bedbugs, animal structures, Trypanosoma cruzi, Feces, Bed bug, Virology, parasitic diseases, medicine, Insect Vectors/parasitology, Parasite hosting, Animals, Chagas Disease, Mice, Inbred BALB C, biology, Host (biology), Transmission (medicine), Trypanosoma cruzi/physiology, Chagas Disease/transmission, fungi, Feces/parasitology, Articles, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Insect Vectors, Bedbugs/parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Vector (epidemiology), Mice, Inbred BALB C/parasitology, Parasitology, Female, Cimex lectularius, purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06 [https] |
| الوصف: | Populations of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, have recently undergone explosive growth. Bed bugs share many important traits with triatomine insects, but it remains unclear whether these similarities include the ability to transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease. Here, we show efficient and bidirectional transmission of T. cruzi between hosts and bed bugs in a laboratory environment. Most bed bugs that fed on experimentally infected mice acquired the parasite. A majority of previously uninfected mice became infected after a period of cohabitation with exposed bed bugs. T. cruzi was also transmitted to mice after the feces of infected bed bugs were applied directly to broken host skin. Quantitative bed bug defecation measures were similar to those of important triatomine vectors. Our findings suggest that the common bed bug may be a competent vector of T. cruzi and could pose a risk for vector-borne transmission of Chagas disease. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d2d810c05fdc36109f69070760e87ed6 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4347337 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....d2d810c05fdc36109f69070760e87ed6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14761645 00029637 |
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