An international research team, including scientists from Simon Fraser University, hopes its study of the vector Rhodnius prolixus—also known as the "kissing bug" and a major contributor to Chagas ...

PAPER chromatographic studies of the dry excreta of Rhodnius fed in the laboratory on the rabbit have shown the presence of the following amino-acids or related compounds: leucine, histidine, ...

A cyclically maintained strain of Trypanosoma rangeli which had been passed 18 times through white rats and the reduviid Rhodnius prolixus showed a definite increase in salivary gland infectivity ...

Example of the hemimetabolic life cycle of the predatory triatomine bug Rhodnius prolixus. Shown are the adult vector, freshly laid, milky-white eggs, mature, reddish eggs and five nymphs. Red arrows ...

LARVÆ of Rhodnius take very large meals of blood 1. If they are disturbed when half full they will readily resume feeding, but fully fed larvæ will make no further attempts to suck blood until after ...