2021
Eco-epidemiology of vectorial Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in a region of northeast Brazil
Santos F, Magalhães-Junior J, Carneiro I, Santos F, Silva Â, Novais J, Santos J, Ribeiro-Jr G, Reis M, Franke C. Eco-epidemiology of vectorial Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in a region of northeast Brazil. Acta Tropica 2021, 225: 106184. PMID: 34637752, DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChagas diseaseT. cruziMultivariate logistic regressionSimilar epidemiological characteristicsLogistic regression modelsMolecular biology testsSanto InácioEpidemiological characteristicsTriatoma sherlockiTrypanosoma cruzi transmissionBlood samplesPreventive practicesNatural infection rateHealth educationInsect occurrenceInfection rateTriatomine speciesCapture of triatominesParasitic zoonosesLogistic regressionTriatoma sordidaDogsCruzi transmissionTriatominesVectorial transmission
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