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Rhodnius prolixus Viruses Interfere with Proliferation and Metacyclogenesis of the Chagas Disease Agent Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]

Viruses
The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease that mostly affects the population of Latin American countries, with an estimated 7 million infected people and more than 10,000 deaths per year ...
Maira Arruda Cardoso, Carolina Silva Dias Vieira, Isabel Cristina de Faria Moreira, Francis Monique de Souza Saraiva, Ingrid Alexandre de Abreu Brito, Ana Caroline P. Gandara, Rubem F. S. Menna-Barreto, Pedro L. Oliveira, Marcia Cristina Paes, Attilio Pane   +9 more
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Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, is considered endemic to 21 countries in the Americas, excluding the United States. However, increasing evidence of T.
Norman L. Beatty, Gabriel L. Hamer, Bernardo Moreno-Peniche, Bonny Mayes, Sarah A. Hamer   +4 more
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2b-RAD genotyping for population genomic studies of Chagas disease vectors: Rhodnius ecuadoriensis in Ecuador [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Rhodnius ecuadoriensis is the main triatomine vector of Chagas disease, American trypanosomiasis, in Southern Ecuador and Northern Peru.
Andersson, Björn, Costales, Jaime A., De Noia, Michele, Grijalva, Mario J., Hernandez Castro, Luis Enrique, Hernandez-Castro, Luis E., Llewellyn, Martin S., Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofía, Paterno, Marta, Villacís, Anita G., Yumiseva, Cesar A.   +10 more
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Deforestation effects and house invasion by chagas disease vectors in Brazil [PDF]

Scientific Reports
We analyzed how deforestation affects triatomine presence and distribution in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, from 2007 to 2019. Using land change data from MapBiomas (1985–2022), we assessed land cover shifts, including forest, deforestation, and urbanization,
Gilmar Ribeiro-Jr, Mariane Reis Vila Verde, Hernan Darío Argibay, Cristiane Wanderley Cardoso, Fabiano Simões, Eliaci Couto de Lima Costa, Cristiane Medeiros Moraes de Carvalho, Renato Barbosa Reis, Marcia C. Castro, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Mitermayer G. Reis   +10 more
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A key for identifying faecal smears to detect domestic infestations of triatomine bugs [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1986
Early detection of residual populations of domestic triatomine bugs that survive insecticide treatment is a key component of successful evaluation and vigilance for Chagas disease control.
C.J. Schofield, N.G. Williams, M.L. Kirk, M.T. Garcia Zapata, P.D. Marsden   +4 more
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New technologies for identification and surveillance of Chagas disease vectors [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Technologies are essential for surveillance of vector-borne diseases. The increasing frequency of triatomine house invasion in the Americas highlights the need to strengthen surveillance strategies.
Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Genimar Rebouças Julião, Raquel Aparecida Ferreira, Rita de Cássia Moreira de Souza, Mirko Rojas-Cortez, Thallyta Maria Vieira, Vinícius Lima de Miranda, Jonas Lotufo Brant, Marcos Takashi Obara, Rafaella Albuquerque e Silva, Ana Karina Ibarrola-Vannucci, Gerardo Marti, Soledad Ceccarelli   +12 more
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A Brief History of the Use of Insecticides in Brazil to Control Vector-Borne Diseases, and Implications for Insecticide Resistance [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
In Brazil, public health programs have relied predominantly on chemical insecticides to control Aedes aegypti, Anopheles spp., Culex quinquefasciatus, triatomines, and phlebotomines.
Bashir Alsharif, Maria Alice Varjal Melo-Santos, Rosângela Maria Rodrigues Barbosa, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres   +3 more
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Experimental Hybrids of the Triatoma brasiliensis Species Complex Show Higher Susceptibility to the Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Than Their Parentals

Microorganisms, 2023
The Triatoma brasiliensis species complex is a monophyletic group encompassing two subspecies and six species. Recently, a hybrid zone of members of this complex was recorded in the state of Pernambuco.
Nathália Correia, Letícia Paschoaletto, Carolina Reigada, Teresa Cristina Monte Gonçalves, Carlos José de Carvalho Moreira, Jane Costa   +5 more
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Anaphylactic Reactions Due to Triatoma protracta (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) and Invasion into a Home in Northern California, USA

Insects, 2021
Background: Triatoma protracta is a triatomine found naturally throughout many regions of California and has been shown to invade human dwellings and bite residents. A man living in Mendocino County, California, reported developing anaphylactic reactions
Norman L. Beatty, Zoe S. White, Chanakya R. Bhosale, Kristen Wilson, Anthony P. Cannella, Tanise Stenn, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Samantha M. Wisely   +7 more
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What Do You Need to Know before Studying Chagas Disease? A Beginner’s Guide

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Chagas disease is one of the most important tropical infections in the world and mainly affects poor people. The causative agent is the hemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which circulates among insect vectors and mammals throughout the Americas.
José A. De Fuentes-Vicente, Nancy G. Santos-Hernández, Christian Ruiz-Castillejos, Eduardo E. Espinoza-Medinilla, A. Laura Flores-Villegas, Mariana de Alba-Alvarado, Margarita Cabrera-Bravo, Adriana Moreno-Rodríguez, Dolores G. Vidal-López   +8 more
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