Vector species richness may drive the prevalence of vector-borne diseases by influencing
pathogen transmission rates. The dilution effect hypothesis predicts that higher biodiversity …

How far are we from predicting the occurrence of zoonotic diseases? In this paper we have
made use of both socioecological and ecological variables to predict Chagas disease …

Vector-borne infectious disease dynamics result mainly from the intertwined effect of the
diversity, abundance, and behaviour of hosts and vectors. Most studies, however, have …

Ecoepidemiological scenarios for Chagas disease transmission are complex, so vector
control measures to decrease human–vector contact and prevent infection transmission are …

Chagas disease is one of the most important vector-borne zoonotic diseases in Latin
America. Control strategies could be improved if transmissibility patterns of its aetiologic …

Chagas disease (CD), a neglected tropical disease (NTD) intimately linked to social
vulnerability, has been targeted for elimination as a public health problem in the 2021-2030 …

Chagas disease incidence has sharply declined over the last decade. Long-term disease
control will, however, require extensive, longitudinal surveillance systems capable of …

Chagas disease is one of the most significant systemic parasitosis in Latin America, caused
by Trypanosoma cruzi, which is mainly transmitted by hematophagous insects, the …

In this chapter, factors of vector–host–parasite associations that highlight the evolutionary
course of Chagas disease and how these interactions account for the observed distribution …

Studies of host-parasite relationships largely benefit from adopting a multifactorial approach,
including the complexity of multi-host systems and habitat features in their analyses. Some …