Correlation between populations of Rhodnius and presence of palm trees as risk factors for the emergence of Chagas disease in Amazon region, Brazil

AH Ricardo-Silva, CM Lopes, LB Ramos, WA Marques… - Acta tropica, 2012 - Elsevier
Among the states that comprise the legally defined Amazon region of Brazil, Pará has
presented the highest occurrences of acute cases of Chagas disease over the last two …

Ecology of Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Attalea palm trees of the Tapajós River Region (Pará State, Brazilian …

FBS Dias, M Quartier, L Diotaiuti, G Mejía, M Harry… - Parasites & …, 2014 - Springer
Background The rising number of acute cases of Chagas disease in the State of Pará,
reported in the past two decades, has been associated, in part, with the ingestion of juice of …

Epidemiology of Chagas disease in Jaguaruana, Ceará, Brazil. I. Presence of triatomines and index of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in four localities of a rural area

O Sarquis, J Borges-Pereira, JR Mac Cord… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2004 - SciELO Brasil
In order to assay the triatomine infestation and domiciliation in the rural area of Jaguaruana
district, state of Ceará, Brazil, we studied, from November 2000 to April 2002, 4 localities …

Rhodnius spp. infestation in palm trees and natural infection by Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli in periurban and rural areas of state of the Rondônia, in …

GR Julião, IF Pimentel, AK de França, LHS Gil… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
The state of Rondônia in the Brazilian Amazon is prone to diseases transmitted by insect
vectors because of the environmental and population changes resulting from large …

Chagas' disease in the Amazon basin: V. Periurban palms as habitats of Rhodnius robustus and Rhodnius pictipes-triatomine vectors of Chagas' disease

MA Miles, JR Arias, A Souza - Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1983 - SciELO Brasil
Trypanosoma cruzi infected Rhodnius robustus and/or Rhodnius pictipes were commonly
found, in large numbers, in the Brazilian Amazonian palms Maximiliana regia (" inajá") …

On the possibility of autochthonous Chagas disease in Roraima, Amazon region, Brazil, 2000-2001

JF Luitgards-Moura, J Borges-Pereira… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease has been almost entirely eradicated from the arid zones in Central and
Northeastern Brazil where rare or no autochthonous cases have been reported. However, in …

[HTML][HTML] Study on Chagas disease occurrence in the municipality of Monte Negro, State of Rondônia, Brazilian Amazon

EOC Carvalho, JA Rosa, AA Carvalho… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: Studies on Chagas disease deal with the perspective of its occurrence in
the Amazon region, which is directly correlated to the population growth and the spread of …

Assessing the entomo-epidemiological situation of Chagas disease in rural communities in the state of Piauí, Brazilian semi-arid region

JP Dos Santos, R da Silva Jr… - Transactions of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background In northeastern Brazil, the wild nature of Trypanosoma cruzi vectors
has challenged control actions. This study aims to describe the entomological and …

[HTML][HTML] Feeding sources and trypanosome infection index of Rhodnius pallescens in a Chagas disease endemic area of Amador County, Panama

V Pineda, E Montalvo, D Alvarez… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
The sylvatic triatomine Rhodnius pallescens is considered to be the most important and
widespread vector of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli in Panama. However, its …

Mapping the Silent Threat: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chagas Disease Occurrence in Riverside Communities in the Western Amazon

DS Paixão, F Portela Madeira, A Costa de Jesus… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease (CD) is a typical tropical illness caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. The
objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of Chagas disease in communities in …