Variação nas proteínas da hemolinfa de Triatoma infestam Variation on hemolymph proteins of Triatoma infestans

Abstract

Foram analisados os padrões de proteínas da hemolinfa de T. infestam adultos por meio da técnica de eletroforese em gel de agar. Os resultados sugeriram a existência de 8 padrões diferentes contendo entre 10 e 14 frações proteicas. Estas variações apresentam grande interêsse biológico e epidemiológico.The hemolymph proteins of Triatoma infestans, that is a bloodsucking insect of medical importance, by means of electrophoresis in agar gel, was studied. The results show an intraspecific variation. Eight different electrophoretic patterns were detected in adults. It seems that the variations described were not reported before in the literature. This field of research has great significance for genetic and epidemiologic studies, as T. infestans is an important Chagas disease vector.