Search Results - "Dorn, Patricia"
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From e-voucher to genomic data: Preserving archive specimens as demonstrated with medically important mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and kissing bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Published in PloS one (25-02-2021)“…Scientific collections such as the U.S. National Museum (USNM) are critical to filling knowledge gaps in molecular systematics studies. The global taxonomic…”
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Triatoma sanguisuga blood meals and potential for Chagas disease, Louisiana, USA
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-12-2014)“…To evaluate human risk for Chagas disease, we molecularly identified blood meal sources and prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among 49 Triatoma…”
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Uncovering vector, parasite, blood meal and microbiome patterns from mixed-DNA specimens of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-10-2018)“…Chagas disease, considered a neglected disease by the World Health Organization, is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and transmitted by >140…”
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Therapeutic and Economic Benefits of Service Dogs Versus Emotional Support Dogs for Veterans With PTSD
Published in Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) (01-08-2023)“…This work aimed to assess the therapeutic and economic benefits of service dogs versus emotional support dogs for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder…”
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The diversity of the Chagas parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, infecting the main Central American vector, Triatoma dimidiata, from Mexico to Colombia
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (28-09-2017)“…Little is known about the strains of Trypanosoma cruzi circulating in Central America and specifically in the most important vector in this region, Triatoma…”
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Genetic diversity of the Chagas vector Triatoma dimidiata s.l. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) across geographic scales in a top-priority area for control
Published in Journal of medical entomology (14-11-2024)“…Population genetic structure of arthropod disease vectors provides important information on vector movement and climate or other environmental variables that…”
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Description of Triatoma huehuetenanguensis sp. n., a potential Chagas disease vector (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)
Published in ZooKeys (28-01-2019)“…A new species of the genus Triatoma Laporte, 1832 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) is described based on specimens collected in the department of Huehuetenango,…”
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The long-term impact of an Ecohealth intervention: Entomological data suggest the interruption of Chagas disease transmission in southeastern Guatemala
Published in Acta tropica (01-11-2022)“…1Ecohealth maintained T. dimidiata infestation <6% over two decades.282% of households maintained crack-free walls long term.3All community members surveyed…”
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Description of Triatoma mopan sp. n. from a cave in Belize (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)
Published in ZooKeys (17-07-2018)“…In this paper, is described based on five males and six females collected in the Rio Frio cave, Cayo District, Belize. This species is similar to (Latreille),…”
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Are We Cuddling up to Kissing Bugs?
Published in The American journal of medicine (01-05-2014)“…Dom talks about kissing bugs, which are well known as the carriers of the deadly Chagas parasite, which causes the most serious parasitic disease in Latin…”
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Vectors of diversity: Genome wide diversity across the geographic range of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma dimidiata sensu lato (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-03-2018)“…[Display omitted] •The first phylogeny of a Chagas disease vector based on genome-wide data.•Triatoma dimidiata is one of the most epidemiologically important…”
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Kissing Bugs Harboring Trypanosoma cruzi, Frequently Bite Residents of the US Southwest But Do Not Cause Chagas Disease
Published in The American journal of medicine (01-01-2020)“…Kissing bugs are common household pests in the Desert Southwest of the United States. These hematophagous bugs enter homes and suck blood from resident humans…”
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Free-roaming Kissing Bugs, Vectors of Chagas Disease, Feed Often on Humans in the Southwest
Published in The American journal of medicine (01-05-2014)“…Abstract Background Kissing bugs, vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi , the parasite that causes Chagas disease, are common in the desert Southwest. After a dispersal…”
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Insights from a comprehensive study of Trypanosoma cruzi: A new mitochondrial clade restricted to North and Central America and genetic structure of TcI in the region
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-12-2021)“…More than 100 years since the first description of Chagas Disease and with over 29,000 new cases annually due to vector transmission (in 2010), American…”
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Second-Best Is Better Than Nothing: Cockroaches as a Viable Food Source for the Kissing Bug Triatoma recurva (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Published in Journal of medical entomology (01-05-2019)“…Kissing bugs in the genus Triatoma are obligate blood feeders that feed mainly on vertebrate blood and have lost the predatory lifestyle found in other…”
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The Uninvited "Kiss": When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-03-2019)“…Beatty et al discuss their study of the infestation of home in Mexico by largest kissing bug found in North America, Triatoma recurva. This unique triatomine…”
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Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811): A review of its diversity across its geographic range and the relationship among populations
Published in Infection, genetics and evolution (01-03-2007)“…Due to its vast diversity the Chagas vector, Triatoma dimidiata, has been merged and split into species and subspecies since its first description in 1811…”
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Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-04-2007)“…Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had…”
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Evidence of likely autochthonous Chagas disease in the southwestern United States: A case series of Trypanosoma cruzi seropositive blood donors
Published in Transfusion (Philadelphia, Pa.) (01-09-2022)“…Background Chagas disease is a parasitic infection that can insidiously cause non‐ischemic cardiomyopathy. Given the largely silent nature of this progressive…”
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Residual survival and local dispersal drive reinfestation by Triatoma dimidiata following insecticide application in Guatemala
Published in Infection, genetics and evolution (01-10-2019)“…Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by triatomine insect vectors. In Guatemala, insecticide spraying is an…”
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