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 …

Pathogenesis of chagas' disease: parasite persistence and autoimmunity

ARL Teixeira, MM Hecht, MC Guimaro… - Clinical microbiology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acute Trypanosoma cruzi infections can be asymptomatic, but chronically infected
individuals can die of Chagas' disease. The transfer of the parasite mitochondrial kinetoplast …

[HTML][HTML] Trypanosoma cruzi: adaptation to its vectors and its hosts

F Noireau, P Diosque, AM Jansen - Veterinary research, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
American trypanosomiasis is a parasitic zoonosis that occurs throughout Latin America. The
etiological agent, Trypanosoma cruzi, is able to infect almost all tissues of its mammalian …

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 …

The evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi: the 'bat seeding'hypothesis

PB Hamilton, MMG Teixeira, JR Stevens - Trends in parasitology, 2012 - cell.com
Recent discussions on the evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi have been dominated by the
southern super-continent hypothesis, whereby T. cruzi and related parasites evolved in …

Eco-epidemiological study of an endemic Chagas disease region in northern Colombia reveals the importance of Triatoma maculata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), dogs …

O Cantillo-Barraza, E Garcés, A Gómez-Palacio… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background In Colombia, Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata are the main
domestic triatomine species known to transmit T. cruzi. However, there are multiple reports …

Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycle among wild and domestic mammals in three areas of orally transmitted Chagas disease outbreaks

ALR Roque, SCC Xavier, MG Rocha, ACM Duarte… - 2008 - arca.fiocruz.br
We report Trypanosoma cruzi infection in wild and domestic mammals from three orally
acquired Chagas disease outbreak areas in Brazil. Cachoeiro do Arari (Pará) displayed a …

[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 …

Domestic and wild mammalian reservoirs

AM Jansen, ALR Roque - American trypanosomiasis, 2010 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The proposed ancient coevolutionary history of T. cruzi with its
mammalian hosts is based on the relatively recent acquisition of hematophagic habits by the …

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 …