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 …

The eco-epidemiology of T. cruzi infection was investigated in the Eastern border of the
Panama Canal in Central Panama. Between 1999 and 2000, 1110 triatomines were …

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 …

INTRODUCTION Natural and artificial ecotope infestation by the kissing bug triatomines and
their colonization and infection by Trypanosoma cruzi, the Chagas disease agent, were …

In Brazil Trypanosoma rangeli has been detected in humans, sylvatic mammals and vectors
in the Amazon Basin and in wild rodents in a Southern State. Here we report for the first time …

A sylvatic infection focus of Trypanosoma rangeli, whose cycle involves the anteater
Tamandua tetradactyla and triatomine insect Rhodnius robustus was observed in a pasture …

Abstract In the Amazon region, Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles involve a great
diversity of Triatominae vectors and mammal reservoirs. Some Rhodnius spp. mainly inhabit …

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 …

Objectives To determine (i) whether peridomestic Attalea phalerata palms in fragmented
human‐occupied areas of the Alto Beni, Bolivia, are infested by triatomines;(ii) the specific …

INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease remains a public health problem in the rural and urban
areas of 19 countries in the Americas. METHODS: The aim of the present study was to …