title: Detection of Wolbachia bacteria in multiple organs and feces of the triatomine insect Rhodnius pallescens (Hemiptera, Reduviidae).
abstract: At least two types of Wolbachia bacteria were detected in wild and insectarium-raised Rhodnius pallescens, a natural vector of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli. Wolbachia was detected in all the organs and tissues studied and in the feces, and this provided a methodological advantage for determining the presence of this endosymbiont in this host, obviating the need to kill the specimens. The occurrence of trypanosomatids in wild individuals was also studied.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Panamá, República de Panamá.
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Espino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: M F Brazil
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: do Santos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solano
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Windsor
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vilchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osuna
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000382:microbiology*; D014351:Trypanosomatina / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000302:isolation & purification*