Acrocomia spp., a genus of wild-growing palms in the neotropics, is rapidly gaining interest
as a promising multipurpose crop. Diverse products can be derived from various …

Triatomine bugs, the vectors of Chagas disease, feed primarily on vertebrate blood and live
in close association with their hosts. Here we provide an updated synthesis of current …

Attalea palms provide primary habitat to Rhodnius spp., vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Flying from palms, these blood-sucking bugs often invade houses and can infect people …

Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis, caused by a flagellated protozoan, Trypanosoma
cruzi, in which the enzootic cycle occurs between mammals and triatomines. Two dogs with …

Abstract In the Amazon region, Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles involve a great
diversity of Triatominae vectors and mammal reservoirs. Some Rhodnius spp. mainly inhabit …

The state of Rondônia in the Brazilian Amazon is prone to diseases transmitted by insect
vectors because of the environmental and population changes resulting from large …

American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, is transmitted by both domestic and sylvatic
species of Triatominae which use sensory cues to locate their vertebrate hosts. Among them …

Chagas disease (CD) remains a health problem because there have been incidences in
several countries considered free of the disease, as well as reemergence in regions where …

In the Amazon region, Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles involve a great diversity of
Triatominae vectors and mammal reservoirs. Some Rhodnius spp. mainly inhabit palm trees …