Chagas cardiomyopathy: an update of current clinical knowledge and management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

MCP Nunes, A Beaton, H Acquatella, C Bern… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an
important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally …

Insecticide resistance in vector Chagas disease: evolution, mechanisms and management

G Mougabure-Cueto, MI Picollo - Acta Tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is a chronic parasitic infection restricted to America. The disease is caused
by the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to human through the feces of …

Integrated control of Chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem-A Review

S Sosa-Estani, EL Segura - Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is, together with geohelminths, the neglected
disease that causes more loss of years of healthy life due to disability in Latin America …

Beating the odds: Sustained Chagas disease vector control in remote indigenous communities of the Argentine Chaco over a seven-year period

MS Gaspe, YM Provecho, MP Fernandez… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Rapid reinfestation of insecticide-treated dwellings hamper the sustained
elimination of Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease in the Gran Chaco …

Geographical Variation of Deltamethrin Susceptibility of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Argentina With Emphasis on a Resistant Focus in the Gran …

G Fronza, AC Toloza, MI Picollo… - Journal of Medical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Chagas disease is one of the most important parasitic infections in Latin America. The main
vector of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi in America is Triatoma infestans, a blood-sucking …

Transcriptomic modulation in response to an intoxication with deltamethrin in a population of Triatoma infestans with low resistance to pyrethroids

L Traverso, JM Latorre Estivalis… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Triatoma infestans is the main vector of Chagas disease in the Southern Cone.
The resistance to pyrethroid insecticides developed by populations of this species impairs …

Insecticide resistance in triatomines

G Mougabure-Cueto, MI Picollo - … -The Biology of Chagas Disease Vectors, 2021 - Springer
The control of Chagas disease vectors has been based principally on spraying dwellings
with insecticides. This strategy reduced the geographic range and infestation prevalence of …

History of insecticide resistance of Triatominae vectors

GCD Pessoa, PA Vinãs, ACL Rosa… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
In the last 15 years, different types of Triatominae resistance to different insecticides have
been reported; thus, resistance may be more widespread than known, requiring better …

An oral dose of Fluralaner administered to dogs kills pyrethroid-resistant and susceptible Chagas disease vectors for at least four months

MA Laiño, MV Cardinal, GF Enriquez, A Alvedro… - Veterinary …, 2019 - Elsevier
New vector control tools that can fit into a broader integrated vector management strategy
are notably lacking. We conducted a seven-month randomized trial to assess the efficacy of …

Kdr mutations in Triatoma infestans from the Gran Chaco are distributed in two differentiated foci: Implications for pyrethroid resistance management

I Sierra, N Capriotti, G Fronza, G Mougabure-Cueto… - Acta tropica, 2016 - Elsevier
Point mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel, the primary target of pyrethroid
insecticides, have been associated with the resistance in Triatoma infestans, an important …