Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the wild and its most important reservoir hosts in Brazil

AM Jansen, SCC Xavier, ALR Roque - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae) infects all tissues of its
hosts, which along with humans, include hundreds of mammalian species in the Americas …

Systematic review and meta-analysis on the global distribution, host range, and prevalence of Trypanosoma evansi

WG Aregawi, GE Agga, RD Abdi, P Büscher - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Surra is an animal trypanosomosis, caused by infection with Trypanosoma
evansi and leading to severe economic loss due to mortality and morbidity. Compared to …

The multiple and complex and changeable scenarios of the Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycle in the sylvatic environment

AM Jansen, SCC Xavier, ALR Roque - Acta tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we report and discuss the results generated from over 20 years of studies of the
Trypanosoma cruzi sylvatic transmission cycle. Our results have uncovered new aspects …

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Neotropical Wild Carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora): At the Top of the T. cruzi Transmission Chain

FL Rocha, ALR Roque, JS de Lima, CC Cheida… - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Little is known on the role played by Neotropical wild carnivores in the Trypanosoma cruzi
transmission cycles. We investigated T. cruzi infection in wild carnivores from three sites in …

[HTML][HTML] Maintenance of Trypanosoma cruzi, T. evansi and Leishmania spp. by domestic dogs and wild mammals in a rural settlement in Brazil-Bolivian border

GE de Oliveira Porfirio, FM Santos… - International Journal for …, 2018 - Elsevier
Domestic dogs are considered reservoirs hosts for several vector-borne parasites. This
study aimed to evaluate the role of domestic dogs as hosts for Trypanosoma cruzi …

“Mi Casa, Tu Casa”: the coati nest as a hub of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in the southern Pantanal biome revealed by molecular blood meal source …

TS Pessanha, HM Herrera, AM Jansen, AM Iñiguez - Parasites & Vectors, 2023 - Springer
Background The study of the ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi is challenging due to its extreme
adaptive plasticity, resulting in the parasitism of hundreds of mammal species and dozens of …

Chromosomal assembly of the nuclear genome of the endosymbiont-bearing trypanosomatid Angomonas deanei

JW Davey, CMC Catta-Preta, S James, S Forrester… - G3, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Angomonas deanei is an endosymbiont-bearing trypanosomatid with several highly
fragmented genome assemblies and unknown chromosome number. We present an …

Outcomes of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi infections on health of Southern coati (Nasua nasua), crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), and ocelot …

F Martins Santos, G Carvalho de Macedo… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The occurrence of Trypanosoma spp. in wild carnivore populations has been intensively
investigated during the last decades. However, the impact of these parasites on the health of …

Activities of Psilostachyin A and Cynaropicrin against Trypanosoma cruzi In Vitro and In Vivo

CF da Silva, DGJ Batista, JS De Araújo… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
In vitro and in vivo activities against Trypanosoma cruzi were evaluated for two
sesquiterpene lactones: psilostachyin A and cynaropicrin. Cynaropicrin had previously been …

Co-infection and wild animal health: effects of trypanosomatids and gastrointestinal parasites on coatis of the Brazilian Pantanal

N Olifiers, AM Jansen, HM Herrera, RC Bianchi… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Wild animals are infected by diverse parasites, but how they influence host health is poorly
understood. We examined the relationship of trypanosomatids and gastrointestinal parasites …