- The
Rhodnius species were
important models for Sir
Vincent Wigglesworth's
studies of
insect physiology,
specifically growth and development.
Rhodnius amazonicus...
-
Rhodnius prolixus is also
known as the
kissing bug (like
other triatomine bugs)
because it
tends to feed on the area
around victims' mouths.
Rhodnius...
- are well
adapted to
living with
humans (such as
Triatoma infestans and
Rhodnius prolixus) are
considered important vectors. Also,
proteins released from...
-
Rhodnius pallescens is a
species of
insect from the
genus Rhodnius. The
species was
originally described by H.G.
Barber in 1932. This
species is the main...
- in the
saliva of blood-feeding insects.
Saliva of the blood-sucking bug
Rhodnius prolixus contains at
least seven homologous nitrophorins,
designated NP1...
-
Rhodnius nasutus is a
Chagas disease vector native to the
northeast of Brazil. It
belongs to the
family Reduviidae and
subfamily Triatominae,
which are...
-
etiological agent of
Chagas disease, is
virulent to its
triatomine vector Rhodnius prolixus in a temperature-dependent manner". PLOS
Neglected Tropical Diseases...
- crustaceans, scorpions,
various kinds of worms, and jellyfish.
Adult Rhodnius prolixus –
hematophagous on
vertebrates –
secrete lipocalins into the wound...
-
hematophagous animals cannot survive on any
other food.
Examples include Rhodnius prolixus, a
South American ********in bug, and
Cimex lectularius, the human...
- by
various triatomine bugs in the
genera Triatoma, Panstrongylus, and
Rhodnius. The
primary vectors for
human infection are the
species of triatomine...
