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Influence of Serratia marcescens and Rhodococcus rhodnii on the Humoral Immunity of Rhodnius prolixus
- Kate K. S. Batista,
- Cecília S. Vieira,
- Marcela B. Figueiredo,
- Samara G. Costa-Latgé,
- Patrícia Azambuja,
- Fernando A. Genta and
- Daniele P. Castro
Chagas disease is a human infectious disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and can be transmitted by triatomine vectors, such as Rhodnius prolixus. One limiting factor for T. cruzi development is the composition of the bacterial gut microbiota in the t...