▪ Abstract Nonindigenous vectors that arrive, establish, and spread in new areas have
fomented throughout recorded history epidemics of human diseases such as malaria, yellow …

Discovered in 1909, Chagas disease was progressively shown to be widespread throughout
Latin America, affecting millions of rural people with a high impact on morbidity and …

In the past 15 years, there have been major advances in the control of Chagas disease in
most of the countries endemic for this infection. Attention now turns to the future continuity of …

American trypanosomiasis is a parasitic zoonosis that occurs throughout Latin America. The
etiological agent, Trypanosoma cruzi, is able to infect almost all tissues of its mammalian …

Chagas disease (also known as American trypanosomiasis) is now ranked as the most
serious parasitic disease of the Americas, with an economic impact far outranking the …

Morphometrics underwent a revolution more than one decade ago. In the modern
morphometrics, the estimate of size is now contained in a single variable reflecting variation …

▪ Abstract Chagas disease is caused by the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and
transmitted by insects in the family Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae, commonly known as …

The Triatominae represent a subfamily of the Reduviidae defined on the basis of their
bloodsucking habit and associated characteristics. At present, 128 species are formally …

Chagas disease incidence has sharply declined over the last decade. Long-term disease
control will, however, require extensive, longitudinal surveillance systems capable of …

Rhodnius prolixus is one of the main vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of
Chagas disease. In Central America, it was first discovered in 1915 in El Salvador, from …