Among the states that comprise the legally defined Amazon region of Brazil, Pará has
presented the highest occurrences of acute cases of Chagas disease over the last two …

Background The rising number of acute cases of Chagas disease in the State of Pará,
reported in the past two decades, has been associated, in part, with the ingestion of juice of …

In order to assay the triatomine infestation and domiciliation in the rural area of Jaguaruana
district, state of Ceará, Brazil, we studied, from November 2000 to April 2002, 4 localities …

The state of Rondônia in the Brazilian Amazon is prone to diseases transmitted by insect
vectors because of the environmental and population changes resulting from large …

Trypanosoma cruzi infected Rhodnius robustus and/or Rhodnius pictipes were commonly
found, in large numbers, in the Brazilian Amazonian palms Maximiliana regia (" inajá") …

Chagas disease has been almost entirely eradicated from the arid zones in Central and
Northeastern Brazil where rare or no autochthonous cases have been reported. However, in …

Abstract Background In northeastern Brazil, the wild nature of Trypanosoma cruzi vectors
has challenged control actions. This study aims to describe the entomological and …

INTRODUCTION: Studies on Chagas disease deal with the perspective of its occurrence in
the Amazon region, which is directly correlated to the population growth and the spread of …

The sylvatic triatomine Rhodnius pallescens is considered to be the most important and
widespread vector of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli in Panama. However, its …

In 1979, the first autochthonous case of Chagas disease in the Western Brazilian Amazon
was reported and an entomological survey was carried out around it. Specimens of …