Abstract
Background: Chagas disease is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). International goals for its control
involve elimination of vector-borne transmission. Central American countries face challenges in establishing
sustainable vector control programmes, since the main vector, Triatoma dim...
Enfermedad de Chagas,
Triatoma,
Control de Vectores de las Enfermedades,
Nicaragua,
Insecticidas,
Control de Vectores de las Enfermedades,
Atención Primaria de Salud,
Enfermedad de Chagas/prevención & control,
Enfermedades Desatendidas,
Personal de Salud,
Sistema de Vigilancia Sanitaria
The domiciliary presence of Triatoma infestans (Klug) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) after control interventions was reported in recent years. Toxicological studies showed high levels of resistance to pyrethroids suggesting resistance as one of the main causes of deficient control. The aim of the present study ...
Background
Insecticide spraying efficiently controls house infestation by triatomine bugs, the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi. The strategy, however, is ineffective against sylvatic triatomines, which can transmit Chagas disease by invading (without colonizing) man-made structures. Despite growing awarenes...
The insect integument, formed by the cuticle and the underlying epidermis, is essential for insect fitness, regulation of lipid biosynthesis and storage, insect growth and feeding, together with development progress. Its participation in insecticide resistance has also been outlined. Triatoma infestans K...
Monoterpenes are the main components of essential oils. Some members of this chemical family present insecticidal activity. Triatoma infestans (Klug) is the main vector of Chagas disease in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Perú. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of six monoterpenes ...
Loza, Ariel;
Talaga, Adrianna;
Herbas, Gladys;
Canaviri, Ruben Jair;
Cahuasiri, Thalia;
Luck, Laura;
Guibarra, Álvaro;
Gonçalves, Raquel;
Pereira, Juan Antonio;
Gomez, Sonia A;
Picado, Alberto;
Mensageira, Louisa Alexandra;
Courtenay, Orin;
Bern, Caryn.
Background
Despite large-scale reductions in Chagas disease prevalence across Central and South America, Trypanosoma cruzi infection remains a considerable public health problem in the Gran Chaco region where vector-borne transmission persists. In these communities, peridomestic animals are major blood-m...
This work studies and numerically simulates a logistic-type model for the dynamics of Chagas disease, which is caused by the parasite T. cruzi and affects millions of humans and domestic mammals throughout rural areas in Central and South America. A basic model for the disease dynamics that includes inse...
surgindo em um cenário não habitual, relacionado com a forma de transmissão. Atualmente, a transmissão por via oral envolvendo alimentos contaminados é a principal via de infecção humana, com surtos em toda a América Latina. Entre os sintomas da fase aguda, destacam-se febre prolongada, quase sem...
Enfermedad de Chagas/epidemiología,
Enfermedad de Chagas/historia,
Enfermedad de Chagas/diagnóstico,
Enfermedad de Chagas/etiología,
Enfermedad de Chagas/terapia,
Trypanosoma cruzi/parasitología,
América Latina/epidemiología,
Electrocardiografía,
Ecocardiografía,
Nifurtimox/farmacología,
Parasitología de Alimentos/historia,
Enfermedad de Chagas/transmisión
A doença de Chagas, em sua forma crônica, apresenta atualmente espectro epidemiológico amplo por causa das correntes migratórias oriundas dos países onde é endêmica. Além disso, o quadro clínico da forma crônica deve ser bem caracterizado, por conta do acometimento predominante dos aparelhos ca...
A presente revisão descreve os principais achados anatomopatológicos que caracterizam a cardiopatia chagásica crônica, discute a teoria autoimune e parassimpaticopriva que dominaram a explicação patogenética nas ultimas décadas e propõe novos caminhos a partir de achados mais recentes. Esses ach...
