Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

Authors: Santana RAG, Guerra MGVB, Sousa DR, Couceiro K, Ortiz JV, Oliveira M, Ferreira LS, Souza KR, Tavares IC, Morais RF, Silva GAV, Melo GC, Vergel GM, Albuquerque BC, Arcanjo ARL, Monteiro WM, Ferreira JMBB, Lacerda MVG, Silveira H, Guerra JAO
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Link: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-0646_article

In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent. © 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
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Composition of sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) and detection of Leishmania DNA (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in different ecotopes from a rural settlement in the central Amazon, Brazil

Authors: Chagas ECDS, Silva AS, Fe NF, Ferreira LS, Sampaio VS, Terrazas WCM, Guerra JAO, Souza RAFD, Silveira H, Guerra MDGVB
Publication Year: 2018
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29534747

BACKGROUND: Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are vectors of Leishmania species, the etiological agents of leishmaniasis, which is one of the most important emerging infectious diseases in the Americas. In the state of Amazonas in Brazil, anthropogenic activities encourage the presence of these insects around rural homes. The present study aimed to describe the composition […]
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Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

Composition of sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) and detection of Leishmania DNA (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in different ecotopes from a rural settlement in the central Amazon, Brazil

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