Background Parasitic diseases are one of the world's most devastating and prevalent
infections, causing millions of morbidities and mortalities annually. In the past, many of these …

Abstract Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), the etiological agent of Chagas disease, affects nearly
18 million people in Latin America and 90 million are at risk of infection. The parasite …

Background Anthropogenic land use may influence transmission of multi-host vector-borne
pathogens by changing diversity, relative abundance, and community composition of …

Chagas' disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is endemic in Latin America. T. cruzi
presents heterogeneous populations and comprises two main genetic lineages, named T …

The prevalence of canine trypanosomosis was investigated in two Chagas disease endemic
rural communities located in the central region of Panama. Serologic tests for Trypanosoma …

Background Several cases of food-borne acute Chagas disease (ACD) have been reported
in the Brazilian Amazon so far. Up to 2004, the occurrence of ACD by oral transmission …

Abstract Introduction Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma rangeli and Leishmania spp. are
parasites that coexist in several endemic areas. The identification of these parasites in hosts …

This study applied improved DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction strategies for
screening and identification of Trypanosoma cruzi lineages directly from faeces of …

Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli are human-infective blood parasites, largely
restricted to Central and South America. They also infect a wide range of wild and domestic …

En el presente trabajo se realizó un estudio seroepidemiológico, entomológico y de factores
de riesgo para la infestación de las viviendas en un área infestada por Triatoma maculata …