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Descriptor English: Triatominae
Descriptor Spanish: Triatominae
Descriptor Triatominae
Scope note: Subfamilia de insectos asesinos (REDUVIIDAE) que son hematófagos obligados de vertebrados. Incluye los géneros TRIATOMA, RHODNIUS y PANSTRONGYLUS, que son vectores de TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, que causa la ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS en los seres humanos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Triatominae
Descriptor French: Triatominae
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.412.420.700.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014225
Scope note: A subfamily of assassin bugs (REDUVIIDAE) that are obligate blood-suckers of vertebrates. Included are the genera TRIATOMA; RHODNIUS; and PANSTRONGYLUS, which are vectors of TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, the agent of CHAGAS DISEASE in humans.
Annotation: vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi; do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Insect Vectors (1966)
Insects (1966)
Public MeSH Note: 91; see TRIATOMIDAE 1979-90, see TRIATOMINAE 1973-78; for TRIATOMIDAE see TRIATOMINAE 1991-98
History Note: 91(67)
DeCS ID: 29289
Unique ID: D014225
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Triatominae - Preferred
Concept UI M0021906
Scope note A subfamily of assassin bugs (REDUVIIDAE) that are obligate blood-suckers of vertebrates. Included are the genera TRIATOMA; RHODNIUS; and PANSTRONGYLUS, which are vectors of TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, the agent of CHAGAS DISEASE in humans.
Preferred term Triatominae



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