A doença de Chagas é uma doença negligenciada causada pelo protozoário Trypanosoma cruzi que afeta, aproximadamente, seis a sete milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo, resultando, todos os anos, em cerca de 14 mil mortes por complicações cardíacas e digestivas. A principal forma de transmissão dess...
Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos vetores do protozoário Trypanosoma cruzi, agente etiológico da doença de Chagas (DC). Embora existam diferentes formas de transmissão do parasito, a Organização Mundial de Saúde ressalta que a vetorial seja a principal via de transmissão do T. cruzi na A...
Background: Chagas disease remains a persistent vector-borne neglected tropical disease throughout the Americas and threatens both human and animal health. Diverse control methods have been used to target triatomine vector populations, with household insecticides being the most common. As an alternative ...
Background and Objectives: Triatomines are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, a parasitic disease that affects mammals and humans. The destruction or transformation of natural ecotopes has intensified, resulting in the invasion of triatomines in households, bringing risk...
Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o conhecimento de escolares do ensino médio de três escolas localizadas em municípios mineiros endêmicos para a doença de Chagas e extrair informações relativas à sua percepção em relação aos aspectos gerais, biológicos, clínicos e epidemiológicos...
Triatomines are blood-feeding arthropods belonging to the subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera; Reduviidae), capable of producing immunomodulatory and water-soluble molecules in their hemolymph, such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). In this work, we evaluated the antifungal and immunomodulatory activity of ...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of selective and community-wide house insecticide spraying in controlling triatomines in the subtropical areas of Loja Province, Ecuador. We designed a quasiexperimental pre–post-test without a control group to compare entomological levels b...
Background: Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and can be carried by different species of triatomines, including Rhodnius neglectus, which is wild, well distributed in Brazil, and has formed colonies in palm trees located in urban areas of municipalities in the st...
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Although domestic infestations by Triatoma infestans have been successfully controlled across Latin America, in areas of the Gran Chaco region, recurrent post-spraying house colonization continues to be a significant challenge, jeopardizing Chagas disease vector control and maintaining active ...
La enfermedad de Chagas es una zoonosis producida por la infección del Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) (1), cuya principal vía de transmisión es vectorial (2). Esta enfermedad se caracteriza por ser una infección crónica que puede ocasionar daños cardiacos, digestivos y neurológicos irreversibles (3)...
