Chagas disease expands its epidemiological frontiers from rural to urban areas

B Alarcón de Noya, Z Díaz-Bello… - Frontiers in Tropical …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The infection with the hemoflagellate parasite Trypanosoma cruzi originates from America
where the wildlife cycle remains to alternate between mammals and hematophagous …

Ten-year follow-up of the largest oral Chagas disease outbreak. Laboratory biomarkers of infection as indicators of therapeutic failure

Z Díaz-Bello, BA de Noya, A Muñoz-Calderón… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi uses various mechanisms of infection to access humans. Since 1967,
food contaminated with metacyclic trypomastigotes has triggered several outbreaks of acute …

Ten years follow-up of the largest oral Chagas disease outbreak: Cardiological prospective cohort study

R Ruiz-Guevara, B Alarcón de Noya… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Chagas disease (ChD) is the most important endemy in Latin America. Some
patients, develop chronic Chagasic cardiopathy (CCC) years after the acute phase. It is …

Genetic Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi I Populations from an Oral Chagas Disease Outbreak in Venezuela: Natural Resistance to Nitroheterocyclic Drugs

A Muñoz-Calderón, JL Ramírez… - ACS Infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oral transmission of Chagas disease (oCD) in Venezuela announced its appearance in
2007. Different from other populations affected by oCD and despite close supervision during …

Geographic Distribution of the Genus Panstrongylus Berg, 1879 in the Neotropic with Emphasis on Trypanosoma cruzi Vectors

E Tineo-González, R Fermín, A Bonilla-Rivero… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Panstrongylus is a Neotropical taxa of 16 species, some more widespread than others, that
act as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease (CD). This group …

Domiciliation and sympatry of Triatoma maculata and Rhodnius prolixus, risk of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in villages of Anzoátegui, Venezuela

L Blohm, JL De Sousa, A Roschman-González… - Journal of Parasitic …, 2022 - Springer
The domiciliation of Triatoma maculata and Rhodnius prolixus and the entomological risk
indicators for the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, an etiological agent of Chagas …

[PDF][PDF] Modelo de distribucion espacial de Panstrongylus geniculatus Latreille 1811 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) vector del agente de la Enfermedad de …

E Tineo-González, Y Contreras-Peña… - Revista Cientifica de …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Panstrongylus geniculatus es un triatomino, vector del Trypanosoma cruzi, agente etiológico
de la Enfermedad de Chagas, propio de los corredores biológicos que se dan entre ciclos …

Ecopathogenic complexes of American trypanosomiasis in endemic areas of Venezuela: Diagnosis and variability of: Trypanosoma cruzi

D Lozano-Arias, R García-Alzate, E Tineo… - Journal of Vector …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background & objectives: Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of American
trypanosomiasis, has been reported in 180 mammalian species and 154 triatomines species …

Challenges in Chagas disease control through transmission routes

M Rojas, O Noya, S Sosa-Estani, J Gascón - Chagas disease: a neglected …, 2020 - Springer
Of the communicable diseases, Chagas has the greatest prevalence in Latin America. In
early prevention of Chagas disease, it is important to distinguish between the wild and …

Orally Transmitted Chagas Disease: Biology, Epidemiology, and Clinical Aspects of a Foodborne Infection

B Alarcón de Noya, O Noya González - Chagas Disease: A Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
Chagas disease has been one of the great neglected infectious pathologies, affecting not
only developing countries but also the most vulnerable sectors of the population with greater …