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EMERGING CHAGAS DISEASE: TROPHIC NETWORK AND CYCLE OF TRANSMISSION OF TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI FROM PALM TREES IN THE AMAZON
Trypanosoma cruzi
Doenças Transmissíveis, Emergentes
Triatomíneos
Estudos Seroepidemiológicos
Fatores de risco
Palmeiras brasileiras
Desmatamento
Trypanosoma cruzi
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Triatominae
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Risk Factors
Brazilian palm trees
Deforestation
Author
Affilliation
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
Federal University of Maranhão. São Luis, MA, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
Federal University of Maranhão. São Luis, MA, Brasil
Pan-American Health Organization. World Health Organization. Brasília, DF, Brazil
Pan-American Health Organization. World Health Organization. Brasília, DF, Brazil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
Federal University of Maranhão. São Luis, MA, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
University of Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
Federal University of Maranhão. São Luis, MA, Brasil
Pan-American Health Organization. World Health Organization. Brasília, DF, Brazil
Pan-American Health Organization. World Health Organization. Brasília, DF, Brazil
Abstract
A trophic network involving molds, invertebrates, and vertebrates, ancestrally adapted to the palm tree (Attalaea phalerata) microhabitat, maintains enzootic Trypanosoma cruzi infections in the Amazonian county Paço do Lumiar, state of Maranhão, Brazil. We assessed seropositivity for T. cruzi infections in the human population of the county, searched in palm trees for the triatomines that harbor these infections, and gathered demographic, environmental, and socioeconomic data. Rhodnius pictipes and R. neglectus in palm-tree frond clefts or in houses were infected with T. cruzi (57% and 41%, respectively). Human blood was found in 6.8% of R. pictipes in houses, and 9 of 10 wild Didelphis marsupialis had virulent T. cruzi infections. Increasing human population density, rain forest deforestation, and human predation of local fauna are risk factors for human T. cruzi infections.
Keywords in Portuguese
Doença de ChagasTrypanosoma cruzi
Doenças Transmissíveis, Emergentes
Triatomíneos
Estudos Seroepidemiológicos
Fatores de risco
Palmeiras brasileiras
Desmatamento
Keywords
Chagas diseaseTrypanosoma cruzi
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Triatominae
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Risk Factors
Brazilian palm trees
Deforestation
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