Climate and vectorborne diseases

KL Gage, TR Burkot, RJ Eisen, EB Hayes - American journal of preventive …, 2008 - Elsevier
Climate change could significantly affect vectorborne disease in humans. Temperature,
precipitation, humidity, and other climatic factors are known to affect the reproduction …

What makes an effective Chagas disease vector? Factors underlying Trypanosoma cruzi-triatomine interactions

JA de Fuentes-Vicente, AE Gutiérrez-Cabrera… - Acta Tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
The Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which infect blood-
feeding triatomine bugs to finally reach mammal hosts. Chagas disease is endemic in Latin …

Detailed ecological associations of triatomines revealed by metabarcoding and next-generation sequencing: implications for triatomine behavior and Trypanosoma …

E Dumonteil, MJ Ramirez-Sierra, S Pérez-Carrillo… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Trypanosoma cruzi is the agent of Chagas disease, transmitted by hematophagous
triatomine vectors. Establishing transmission cycles is key to understand the epidemiology of …

Intrusive versus domiciliated triatomines and the challenge of adapting vector control practices against Chagas disease

E Waleckx, S Gourbière, E Dumonteil - Memórias do Instituto …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease prevention remains mostly based on triatomine vector control to reduce or
eliminate house infestation with these bugs. The level of adaptation of triatomines to human …

Phylogeography and Genetic Variation of Triatoma dimidiata, the Main Chagas Disease Vector in Central America, and Its Position within the Genus Triatoma

MD Bargues, DR Klisiowicz… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Among Chagas disease triatomine vectors, the largest genus, Triatoma,
includes species of high public health interest. Triatoma dimidiata, the main vector …

New, improved treatments for Chagas disease: from the R&D pipeline to the patients

I Ribeiro, AM Sevcsik, F Alves, G Diap… - PLoS neglected …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Endemic throughout Latin America with a prevalence rate of approximately 1.4%, Chagas
disease (CD) is estimated to kill 14,000 people every year, which is more people in the …

Poverty, migration, and Chagas disease

F Guhl, JD Ramírez - Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Chagas disease is among the most serious problems for public
health in Latin America. Although the causative agent Trypanosoma cruzi and its triatomine …

Landscape ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi in the southern Yucatan Peninsula

SA López-Cancino, E Tun-Ku, HK De la Cruz-Felix… - Acta tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
Landscape interactions of Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc) with Triatoma dimidiata (Td) depend on
the presence and relative abundance of mammal hosts. This study analyzed a landscape …

Understanding the oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi as a veterinary and medical foodborne zoonosis

N Velásquez-Ortiz, JD Ramírez - Research in veterinary science, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease transmitted by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi that lately has been highlighted because several outbreaks attributed to oral …

Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811): A review of its diversity across its geographic range and the relationship among populations

PL Dorn, C Monroy, A Curtis - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2007 - Elsevier
Due to its vast diversity the Chagas vector, Triatoma dimidiata, has been merged and split
into species and subspecies since its first description in 1811. Across its geographic range …