2021
TriatoScore: an entomological-risk score for Chagas disease vector control-surveillance
Ribeiro-Jr G, Abad-Franch F, de Sousa O, dos Santos C, Fonseca E, dos Santos R, Cunha G, de Carvalho C, Reis R, Gurgel-Gonçalves R, Reis M. TriatoScore: an entomological-risk score for Chagas disease vector control-surveillance. Parasites & Vectors 2021, 14: 492. PMID: 34563255, PMCID: PMC8465766, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-021-04954-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-native speciesTriatomine bug speciesBug speciesEntomological riskVector-borne Chagas diseaseSemiarid ecoregionsEcoregionsRelevant scalesBahia StateSpeciesMunicipal territoryDisease vectorsNative vectorsDomestic populationsRun systemModerate riskMunicipalitiesFaunaChagas disease vectorsOfficial classificationBahiaStrataTrypanosoma cruzi transmissionAmericaBrazil
2017
A survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by house mouse and black rat populations in Yucatan, Mexico
PANTI-MAY J, DE ANDRADE R, GURUBEL-GONZÁLEZ Y, PALOMO-ARJONA E, SODÁ-TAMAYO L, MEZA-SULÚ J, RAMÍREZ-SIERRA M, DUMONTEIL E, VIDAL-MARTÍNEZ V, MACHAÍN-WILLIAMS C, DE OLIVEIRA D, REIS M, TORRES-CASTRO M, ROBLES M, HERNÁNDEZ-BETANCOURT S, COSTA F. A survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by house mouse and black rat populations in Yucatan, Mexico. Epidemiology And Infection 2017, 145: 2287-2295. PMID: 28689507, PMCID: PMC6231242, DOI: 10.1017/s0950268817001352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsH. diminutaZoonotic pathogensPolymerase chain reactionRatsMiceTropical diseasesCruzi DNALeptospira interrogansChain reactionL. interrogansT. cruziFurther studiesHymenolepis diminutaPublic healthReservoir hostsTrypanosoma cruziSedimentation techniqueInterrogansPathogensHouse miceCruziDiminutaImportant reservoirEpidemiologyPrevalence