Chagas disease is a major public health problem in Brazil and Latin America. During the last
years, it has become an emerging problem in North America and Europe due to increasing …

Human migration has been identified as a potential factor for increased Chagas disease risk
and has transformed the disease from a Latin American problem to a global one. We …

Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos de grande importância médica, pois são os
responsáveis pela transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente etiológico da doença de …

Although Brazil was declared free from Chagas disease transmission by the domestic vector
Triatoma infestans, human acute cases are still being registered based on transmission by …

Abstract Background The Triatoma brasiliensis complex is a monophyletic group,
comprising three species, one of which includes two subspecific taxa, distributed across 12 …

Background Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease. Due to its genetic
diversity has been classified into six Discrete Typing Units (DTUs) in association with …

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 …

En el presente trabajo se realizó un estudio seroepidemiológico, entomológico y de factores
de riesgo para la infestación de las viviendas en un área infestada por Triatoma maculata …

Introducción. Rhodnius colombiensis es un triatomino silvestre asociado a palmas de vino
(Attalea butyracea) en la cuenca alta del río Magdalena (Colombia). La frecuente invasión …

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 …