Mapping disease transmission risk is crucial in public and animal health for evidence based
decision-making. Ecology and epidemiology are highly related disciplines that may …

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 …

Background Chagas disease‐related cardiomyopathy is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality in Latin America. Despite the substantial burden to the healthcare system, there is …

Background The evolutionary history and ecological associations of Trypanosoma cruzi, the
need to identify genetic markers that can distinguish parasite subpopulations, and …

Ecological niche modeling of Triatominae bugs allow us to establish the local risk of
transmission of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease. This …

Background A number of studies published during the last 15 years showed the occurrence
of insecticide resistance in Triatoma infestans populations. The different toxicological …

INTRODUCTION Natural and artificial ecotope infestation by the kissing bug triatomines and
their colonization and infection by Trypanosoma cruzi, the Chagas disease agent, were …

Abstract Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) is a secondary vector of Trypanosoma
cruzi in Colombia and represents an important epidemiological risk mainly in the central and …

Background Triatomines are hematophagous insects that act as vectors of Chagas disease.
Rhodnius neglectus is one of these kissing bugs found, contributing to the transmission of …

The Trypanosoma comprises flagellates able to infect many mammalian species and is
transmitted by several groups of invertebrates. The order Chiroptera can be infected by the …