Chagas Disease Ecology in the United States: Recent Advances in Understanding Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission Among Triatomines, Wildlife, and Domestic …

RE Busselman, SA Hamer - Annual review of animal …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease present in the Americas, is caused by the
parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is transmitted by triatomine kissing bug vectors. Hundreds …

An inside look at the sensory biology of triatomines

RB Barrozo, CE Reisenman, P Guerenstein… - Journal of insect …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Although kissing bugs (Triatominae: Reduviidae) are perhaps best known as
vectors of Chagas disease, they are important experimental models in studies of insect …

The multiple and complex and changeable scenarios of the Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycle in the sylvatic environment

AM Jansen, SCC Xavier, ALR Roque - Acta tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we report and discuss the results generated from over 20 years of studies of the
Trypanosoma cruzi sylvatic transmission cycle. Our results have uncovered new aspects …

The ecology and natural history of wild Triatominae in the Americas

F Abad-Franch, R Gurgel-Gonçalves - Triatominae-The Biology of Chagas …, 2021 - Springer
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 …

An update on the knowledge of parasite–vector interactions of Chagas Disease

GA Schaub - Research and reports in tropical medicine, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This review focusses on the interactions between the etiologic agent of Chagas disease,
Trypanosoma cruzi, and its triatomine vector. The flagellate mainly colonizes the intestinal …

[PDF][PDF] Chagas disease vector control strategies: where we are and where we should go from here

R Vargas-Abasolo, AE Gutiérrez-Cabrera… - Entomologia …, 2023 - researchgate.net
The methods used to control triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of
Chagas disease, include the implementation of cultural and mechanical practices, as well as …

Triatomines: trypanosomatids, bacteria, and viruses potential vectors?

CB Vieira, YR Praça, KLS Bentes… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Triatominae bugs are the vectors of Chagas disease, a major concern to public health
especially in Latin America, where vector-borne Chagas disease has undergone …

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Prevalence and Bloodmeal Analysis in Triatomine Vectors of Chagas Disease From Rural Peridomestic Locations in Texas, 2013–2014

R Gorchakov, LP Trosclair, EJ Wozniak… - Journal of medical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Protozoan pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909) is the etiologic agent of
Chagas disease, which affects millions of people in Latin America. Recently, the disease …

Surveillance of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatomine vectors, feral dogs and cats, and wild animals in and around El Paso county, Texas, and New Mexico

F Rodriguez, BS Luna, O Calderon… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The causative agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, is transmitted by triatomine
vectors. The insect is endemic in the Americas, including the United States, where …

Chagas disease in the context of the 2030 agenda: global warming and vectors

RCM Souza, DE Gorla, M Chame… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan of action for people, planet and
prosperity. Thousands of years and centuries of colonisation have passed the precarious …