Abstract In the Amazon Basin, Trypanosoma cruzi infection is enzootic, involving a variety of
wild mammals and at least 10 of the 16 reported silvatic triatomine bug species. Human …

Background Many recent papers have documented the phytochemical and pharmacological
bases for the use of palms (Arecaceae) in ethnomedicine. Early publications were based …

Although Brazil was declared free from Chagas disease transmission by the domestic vector
Triatoma infestans, human acute cases are still being registered based on transmission by …

Triatomine bug species such as Microtriatoma trinidadensis, Eratyrus mucronatus, Belminus
herreri, Panstrongylus lignarius, and Triatoma tibiamaculata are exquisitely adapted to …

The phylogeographical structure of the closely related species Rhodnius prolixus and R.
robustus is presented based on a 663‐base pair (bp) fragment of the mitochondrial …

A trophic network involving molds, invertebrates, and vertebrates, ancestrally adapted to the
palm tree (Attalaea phalerata) microhabitat, maintains enzootic Trypanosoma cruzi …

Chagas disease is an endemic zoonosis native to the Americas and is caused by the
kinetoplastid protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasite is also highly genetically …

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 …

Just over 100 autochthonous cases of Chagas disease are reported from the Brazilian
Amazon Basin. Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille) occurs throughout the region and is the …

Background Failure to detect a disease agent or vector where it actually occurs constitutes a
serious drawback in epidemiology. In the pervasive situation where no sampling technique …