INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease is caused by the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi. Its main
reservoir is the domestic dog, especially in rural areas with favorable characteristics for …

Furnas do Dionísio is a Brazilian Afro-descendant settlement in the city of Jaraguari, 21.4
miles from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Approximately 96 families live in this …

INTRODUCTION: A descriptive, entomological and seroepidemiological study on Chagas
disease was conducted in a place of recent occupation on the outskirts of Cochabamba …

The ecological diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the Brazilian Amazon region
is directly interlinked with the parasite's extensive reservoir, composed of 33 species of wild …

The seroprevalence of Chagas disease in humans and the presence of triatomines were
investigated in a rural locality in the State of Ceará, Brazil, an historically endemic region …

BACKGROUND Triatoma sordida and Triatoma pseudomaculata are frequently captured
triatomine species in the Brazilian savannah and caatinga biomes, respectively, and in …

OBJECTIVE Collection of triatomines in domestic, peridomestic and sylvatic environments in
states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul, Northeastern and Southern Brazil respectively, and …

Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection, is a zoonosis of humans, wild and
domestic mammals, including dogs. In Panama, the main T. cruzi vector is Rhodnius …

We refer to Oswaldo Cruz's reports dating from 1913 about the necessities of a healthcare
system for the Brazilian Amazon Region and about the journey of Carlos Chagas to 27 …

The C. cerifera palm tree (carnaúba) is widely distributed in the Northeastem Brazil,
including the State of Piauí. This investigation revealed that R. nasutus is the ortly triatomine …