Azadirachtin inhibitsTrypanosoma cruziinfection of its triatomine insect host,Rhodnius prolixus

✍ Scribed by H. Rembold; E. S. Garcia

• Book ID: 104755775
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 229 KB
• Volume: 76
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0028-1042
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00396712

✦ Synopsis

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease [1], is transmitted through triatomine bugs, like Rhodnius prolixus, during a blood meal. The numerous parameters associated with the parasite and/or arthropod which modulate the invertebrate host stage of T. cruzi have been reviewed [21. The