How the Chagas pathogen changes the intestinal microbiota of predatory bugs - EurekAlert
In Central and South America, predatory blood-sucking bugs transmit the causative agent of the widely prevalent Chagas disease. As the disease can induce severe symptoms and to date there is no vaccine against the Trypanosoma parasites, the main approach at p…
image: The predatory bug Rhodnius prolixus is one of the main vectors of Chagas disease in the north of South America and in Central America.view more
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