June 2016

Epidemiology of American trypanosomiasis in Teixeira city: Brazil

The American trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosomacruzi, affects the Paraíba hinterland region that is an endemic region by having multiple individuals being affected by it often, the main vector of transmission, is the triatomine, aka barber, they are considered to have very high dispersion. Teixeira-PB is a city that is located in that region, and a lot of people have found the...

Author(s): Ednaldo Queiroga De Lima, Maria Valéria Dos Santos Fragoso, Rui Nobrega De Pontes Filho and  Rafael Rodrigues De Siqueira