Triatoma patagonica (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), a New Host for Triatoma virus

Previous authors demonstrated that Triatoma virus (TrV) is able to infect several species of triatomines when injected with viral inoculum obtained from its original host, T. infestans. Both vertical (transovarian) and horizontal (faecal-oral) mechanisms of viral transmission were also described. In...

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Main Authors: Gabriela S Rozas-Dennis, Néstor J Cazzaniga, Diego MA Guérin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2002-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000300028