Dujardin Jean-Pierre, Thi K. P., Xuan L. T., Panzera F., Pita S., Schofield C. J. (2015). Epidemiological status of kissing-bugs in South East Asia : a preliminary assessment. In :
Jansen A.M. (ed.). Ecology and diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi. Acta Tropica, 151, p. 142-149. ISSN 0001-706X.
Titre du document
Epidemiological status of kissing-bugs in South East Asia : a preliminary assessment
Dujardin Jean-Pierre, Thi K. P., Xuan L. T., Panzera F., Pita S., Schofield C. J.
In
Jansen A.M. (ed.), Ecology and diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi
Source
Acta Tropica, 2015,
151, p. 142-149 ISSN 0001-706X
Kissing-bugs (Triatominae) are being increasingly reported as a biting nuisance in SE Asia, with severe bite reactions sometimes leading to anaphylactic shock. In addition, they pose a risk for vector-borne transmission of trypanosomiasis, with potential diagnostic difficulties due to the range of trypanosome species in the region. Here, we review available information about Triatominae in Asia, and present additional comparisons using morphometry, cytogenetics, and new DNA sequence data, to clarify their relationship with each other and with the better known American species. We deduce that all Asian Triatominae have probably derived from forms originally spread during the 15-18th centuries on sailing ships, from the area that now forms the southern USA.
