Chronic human infection by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, known as Chagas
disease, results in heart failure and death in 20%-30% of affected individuals. Recognition …

Chagas disease prevention remains mostly based on triatomine vector control to reduce or
eliminate house infestation with these bugs. The level of adaptation of triatomines to human …

Morphometrics underwent a revolution more than one decade ago. In the modern
morphometrics, the estimate of size is now contained in a single variable reflecting variation …

Background Among Chagas disease triatomine vectors, the largest genus, Triatoma,
includes species of high public health interest. Triatoma dimidiata, the main vector …

Triatomines are hemipteran bugs acting as vectors of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi. This parasite causes Chagas disease, one of the major parasitic diseases in the …

Due to its vast diversity the Chagas vector, Triatoma dimidiata, has been merged and split
into species and subspecies since its first description in 1811. Across its geographic range …

The deterioration or absence of plaster walls in houses and poor hygienic conditions are the
most important risk factors for indoor Triatoma dimidiata infestation in Guatemala. A cross …

Approximately 10 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of
Chagas disease, which remains the most serious parasitic disease in the Americas. Most …

In most countries, Chagas disease transmission control remains based on domestic
insecticide application. We thus evaluated the efficacy of intra-domicile cyfluthrin spraying …

In the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, the main vector of Chagas disease is Triatoma
dimidiata. Field studies suggest that natural transmission occurs through transient and …