More than 100 years after its formal description, Chagas disease remains a major public
health concern in Latin America with a yearly burden of 430,000 Disability-Adjusted Life …

The leishmaniases comprise a complex of diseases characterized by clinical outcomes that
range from self-limiting to chronic, and disfiguring and stigmatizing to life threatening …

Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a Neglected Tropical Disease
affecting 8 million people in the Americas. Triatomine hematophagous vectors feed on a …

Background Canine Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi and transmitted by insect triatomine vectors known as kissing bugs. The agent can …

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most prevalent contagious bacterial pathogen of bovine
mastitis. The subclinical mastitis it causes has long-term economic implications and it is …

In this paper, we analyze the Zika virus transmission dynamics on human and mosquito
populations. Mosquitoes play a role of infectious agents and vector of the Zika virus (ZIKV) …

Background Current Chagas disease vector control strategies, based on chemical
insecticide spraying, are growingly threatened by the emergence of pyrethroid-resistant …

Leishmaniasis is a parasite disease transmitted by the bites of sandflies. Cutaneous
leishmaniasis is the most common form of the disease and it is endemic in the Americas …

Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL), caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania
infantum and transmitted to humans and reservoir hosts by female sandflies, is endemic in …

Background Chagas disease, a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma
cruzi, affects millions in the Americas. Dogs are important reservoirs of the parasite. Under …