RNA as a feasible marker of Trypanosoma cruzi viability during the parasite interaction with the triatomine vector Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Triatominae)

• Paula Finamore-Araujo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Real Time PCR Platform RPT09A, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Gabriel Lucio Silva da Fonseca,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Real Time PCR Platform RPT09A, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Cecília Stahl Vieira,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Biochemistry and Physiology of Insects, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Science and Biotechnology, Biology Institute, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Brazil

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• Daniele Pereira de Castro,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Physiology of Insects, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Otacilio Cruz Moreira

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: otacilio@ioc.fiocruz.br

  Affiliation Real Time PCR Platform RPT09A, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5340-8697

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