Chagas disease persists as a global public health problem due to the high morbidity and
mortality burden. Despite the possibility of a cure and advances in transmission control …

Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease transmitted by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi that lately has been highlighted because several outbreaks attributed to oral …

Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is a public health issue in Latin America.
This highly diverse parasite is divided into at least seven discrete typing units (DTUs) TcI …

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 …

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 …

Background Triatomines are hematophagous insects that play an important role as vectors
of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. These insects have adapted …

Insect microbiomes influence many fundamental host traits, including functions of practical
significance such as their capacity as vectors to transmit parasites and pathogens. The …

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas disease, is mainly transmitted by insects of
the Triatominae subfamily. In Colombia, there are 26 triatomine species, and 16 of them are …

Triatomine vectors transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease in
humans. Transmission to humans typically occurs when contaminated triatomine feces …

The infection with the hemoflagellate parasite Trypanosoma cruzi originates from America
where the wildlife cycle remains to alternate between mammals and hematophagous …