Prevalence, infected density or individual probability of infection? Assessing vector infection risk in the wild transmission of Chagas disease

C Botto-Mahan, A Bacigalupo… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, … be explained by host species diversity
and host species densities, … triatomine density (total or infected), and the density of mammals

Trypanosoma cruzi genetic diversity: impact on transmission cycles and Chagas disease

B Zingales, DC Bartholomeu - Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
mammalian host. Such antigens most probably contributed to the parasite success in establishing
infections in different hosts … America found a much higher density of single nucleotide …

Vegetation cover and biodiversity reduce parasite infection in wild hosts across ecological levels and scales

CS Andreazzi, LA Martinez‐Vaquero, GR Winck… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… taxonomic and functional diversity of small mammals, which … Colored lines show the density
distribution of the variables in … its effects on Trypanosoma cruzi prevalence at the community …

Heterogeneity of Trypanosoma cruzi infection rates in vectors and animal reservoirs in Colombia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Rodríguez-Monguí, O Cantillo-Barraza… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
… their distribution, density, transmission … implications. First, to our knowledge, this study is a
first baseline, accounting for the diversity of reservoirs and triatomine vectors participating in T. …

Over-dispersed Trypanosoma cruzi parasite load in sylvatic and domestic mammals and humans from northeastern Argentina

GF Enriquez, J Bua, MM Orozco, NP Macchiaverna… - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
… to the infected host and examined for infection at least once. … Our results have implications
for further understanding the … load and molecular diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in patients …

Trypanosoma cruzi transmission dynamics in a synanthropic and domesticated host community

A Flores-Ferrer, E Waleckx, G Rascalou… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… Although the consequences of such density dependent … on a host community typically made
of domesticated mammals (… cruzi infection observed in the vector and host populations that …

Generalist host species drive Trypanosoma cruzi vector infection in oil palm plantations in the Orinoco region, Colombia

D Erazo, NL Gottdenker, C González, F Guhl… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
… fragmentation and loss of animal and plant biodiversity. Species responses to … prolixus
densities with high T. … to mammalian hosts could be a possible explanation for such a high vector …

Dynamics of food sources, ecotypic distribution and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma brasiliensis from the northeast of Brazil

M Lilioso, C Reigada, D Pires-Silva… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… all other mammals because they are also potential T. … The diversity of blood meals found in
this study was similar to the … natural infection is combined with high populational densities of T

Spatio-temporal characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and discrete typing units infecting hosts and vectors from non-domestic foci of Chile

C Ihle-Soto, E Costoya, JP Correa… - PLoS Neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… used to evaluate the biochemical and genetic diversity of T. … the changes in density and
composition of small mammals’ … variations of infection in small mammals and triatomines of the …

Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Rhodnius prolixus endure increased predation facilitating parasite transmission to mammal hosts

NP Marliére, MG Lorenzo… - PLoS Neglected Tropical …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
diverse transmission pathways, as mammal hosts become infected by ingesting infected
mammals … Interestingly, this impact is not attained by increasing bug foraging activity, but mostly …