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 …

Rhodnius montenegrensis was described in 2012. Since then, reports of the occurrence of
this species associated with palm trees near households in Rondônia have been published …

The aim of this work is to present aspects related to the ecology of Rhodnius nasutus Stål,
1859 in palms from Chapada do Araripe in Ceará, Brazil. The following five species of palms …

To determine and analyze the distribution of Triatominae sylvatic populations in the Federal
District of Brazil, 150 Mauritia flexuosa palm trees were sampled in six veredas of different …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The transmission cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Brazilian
Pantanal region has been studied during the last decade. Although considerable knowledge …

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 …

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 …

Even though Chagas disease is rare in the Brazilian Amazon, the conditions for the
establishment of domiciliated cycles prevail in many areas where triatomines are of frequent …

INTRODUCTION: Trypanosoma cruzi-infected specimens of Triatoma costalimai have been
detected in domiciliary units of Central Brazil, thereby maintaining the potential risk of …

Between 2000 and 2004, a survey of Triatominae fauna (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and
examination of natural infection caused by Trypanosomatidae in the State of Mato Grosso do …