Original Research Article I Volume 2 I Issue 2 I 2014

VENOMOUS SALIVA OF NON-HAEMATOPHAGOUS REDUVIID BUGS (HETEROPTERA: REDUVIIDAE): A REVIEW

Evangelin G; Bertrand Horne; Muthupandi M; John William S

Biolife; 2014, 2(2), pp 610-615

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7214084

Abstract:

While reduviids are a modestly well characterized group of insects, especially the blood sucking triatominae due to the medical implications of the Chagas disease, which is mainly transmitted by the infected bugs whose excrement contains Trypanosoma cruzi that enters the body through bruises or cuts in the skin of humans, their non-haematophagus counterparts are a forgotten lot and have not been thoroughly investigated.

Keywords:

reduviid bugs, enzymes, peptides,toxin, venomous saliva

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Article Dates:

Received: 9 April 2014; Accepted: 23 May 2014; Published: 15 June 2014

How To Cite:

Evangelin G, Bertrand Horne, Muthupandi M, & John William S. (2022). VENOMOUS SALIVA OF NON-HAEMATOPHAGOUS REDUVIID BUGS (HETEROPTERA: REDUVIIDAE): A REVIEW. Biolife, 2(2), 615–626. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7214084

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