Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica are liver flukes causing fascioliasis, a worldwide
zoonotic, complex disease. Human infection/reinfection occurs in endemic areas where …

Chagas disease persists as one of the most important, and yet most neglected, diseases in
the world, and several changes in its epidemiological aspects have been recorded since its …

The aetiological agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, is a key human pathogen
afflicting most populations of Latin America. This vectorborne parasite is transmitted by …

Abstract Triatoma bahiensis Sherlock & Serafim, 1967, T. lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967,
and T. pessoai Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 were described based on material collected in the …

Abstract “Triatoma brasiliensis species complex” was defined as a monophyletic group of
the species: T. brasiliensis, T. juazeirensis, T. melanica, and T. sherlocki. An alternative …

Morphological studies applied to the taxonomy of the Triatominae cover various structures
(head, wing, thorax, genitalia, and eggs). Exochorial structures of hybrid eggs were …

Abstract Background The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi circulates in semiarid areas of
northeastern Brazil in distinct ecotopes (sylvatic, peridomestic and domestic) where …

Triatomines are hematophagous insects of great epidemiological importance, since they are
vectors of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease …

Background Fascioliasis is a snail-borne zoonotic trematodiasis emerging due to climate
changes, anthropogenic environment modifications, and livestock movements. Many areas …

Abstract In the subfamily Triatominae, Triatoma exhibits the largest number of species, which
are arranged in complexes. For the T. brasiliensis species complex, recent investigations …