...Clément Vinauger; Claudio R. Lazzari ABSTRACT Despite the drastic consequences it may have on the transmission of parasites, the ability of disease vectors to learn and retain information has just begun to be characterised. The kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus , a vector of Chagas disease...

... . Day J. F. , Edman J. D. ( 1984 ). Mosquito engorgement on normally defensive hosts depends on host activity patterns . J. Med. Entomol. 21 , 732 - 740 . Dias J. C. P. , Silveira A. C. , Schofield C. J. ( 2002 ). The impact of Chagas disease control in Latin...

.... repellence, was induced in bugs exposed to the contingency of the same odour with a negative reinforcement. This constitutes the first evidence of olfactory conditioning in triatomine bugs, vectors of Chagas disease, and one of the few substantiations available to date of olfactory conditioning...

... insect, fully excluding any effect of other processes, such as reproduction. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 7 5 2009 2009 motivation orientation feeding behaviour Chagas disease The transmission of diseases by blood-sucking insects...