This review deals with transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi by the most important domestic
vectors, blood transfusion and oral intake. Among the vectors, Triatoma infestans …

The enzootic cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi in the nature is maintained for millions of years, in
great part by oral route, through the ingestion of infected triatomines by edentates …

Human infection with the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi extends through North, Central, and
South America, affecting 21 countries. Most human infections in the Western Hemisphere …

In October, 1986, 7 to 22 days after a meeting at a farm in Paraíba state, 26 individuals
presented with a febrile illness associated with bilateral eyelid and lower limb edema, mild …

Chagas disease is now an active disease in the urban centers of countries of nonendemicity
and endemicity because of congenital and blood and/or organ transplantation transmissions …

The Brazilian Amazon has long been considered a non-endemic area for Chagas disease,
in spite of the well-known enzootic cycle involving a variety of wild mammals and triatomine …

Chagas disease, named after Carlos Chagas who first described it in 1909, exists only on
the American Continent. It is caused by a parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitted to …

One hundred years after its discovery by Carlos Chagas, American trypanosomiasis, or
Chagas disease, remains an epidemiologic challenge. Neither a vaccine nor an ideal …

Chagas disease is maintained in nature through the interchange of three cycles: the wild,
peridomestic and domestic cycles. The wild cycle, which is enzootic, has existed for millions …

Dogs with the presumptive diagnosis of Chagas disease are commonly sent to our School of
Veterinary Medicine by independent veterinarians. This prompted us to evaluate the …