Infecting Triatomines with Trypanosomes

Abstract

The infection of triatomines with trypanosomes can be performed with different forms of the parasite, and the procedure is important not only for vector–parasite interaction studies but also for maintaining the infectivity of parasite strains, which guarantees more realistic biological and molecular investigations. Here, I describe how to infect the vector Rhodnius prolixus, a model species, with two different species of Trypanosoma.