SynthesisPLoS neglected tropical diseases2022
Urban vectors of Chagas disease in the American continent: A systematic review of epidemiological surveys.
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- Rhodnius prolixus impairs Trypanosoma cruzi growth through cold-seeking behavioral thermoregulation.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
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- Deforestation effects and house invasion by chagas disease vectors in Brazil.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- TrypPROTACs Unlocking New Therapeutic Strategies for Chagas Disease.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Anthropogenic influences on Rhodnius ecuadoriensis populations and nesting behaviors in sylvatic areas of southern ecuador.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Human migrations, anthropogenic changes, and insect-borne diseases in Latin America.Parasites & vectors · 2025Review
- Co-occurrence of malaria and Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon: the need for integrated health surveillance.Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
- "WhatsBarb" Citizen Surveillance: Survey of Insects Mistaken for Triatomines.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2025Article
- Where you live shapes who you are: morphological changes in urbanFrontiers in insect science · 2025Article
- Two-dimensional QSAR-driven virtual screening for potential therapeutics againstFrontiers in chemistry · 2025Article
- Differential antioxidant enzyme profiles reveal early molecular signatures of virulence inFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Eco-epidemiological aspects and risk factors associated with human Chagas disease in rural areas of the state of Piauí, Brazil.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Triatomines in the city: A study of Rhodnius neglectus in Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil, and its epidemiological implications.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2024Article
- Correction: Urban vectors of Chagas disease in the American continent: A systematic review of epidemiological surveys.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Identifying Barriers and Facilitators for Home Reconstruction for Prevention of Chagas Disease: An Interview Study in Rural Loja Province, Ecuador.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundChagas is a complex and multidimensional socio-environmental health phenomenon, in which different components converge and interact. Historically, this disease was associated with insect vectors found in the rural environment. However, in the Americas, we are currently facing a new paradigm, in which different scenarios allow maintaining the vectorial transmission of the parasite through triatomine populations that either occasionally enter the dwellings or colonize urban environments. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL
findingsRecords of scientific reports available in the PubMed and LILACS search engines were retrieved, using three criteria according to the main triatomine genera of epidemiological importance and to the general scientific production on Chagas disease in urban contexts. Results showed that records on the occurrence of vectors in urban dwellings began to increase in the last three decades. Results also showed that the main species of triatomines collected inside dwellings (18 in total) belong mainly to the genera Triatoma and Panstrongylus, with most species (16/18, 88.8%) infected with the parasite, and that infestation of triatomine species occurs in all types of cities (small, medium and large, including megalopolises), from Argentina to the USA. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Urban Chagas represents a new challenge that adds a different dimension to the problem of Chagas disease due to the particular characteristics of the lifestyle in urban agglomerates. The new scenario will require adaptations of the programs of control of vector to this shift from rural to urban settlements.
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