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Emerging Chagas Disease: Trophic Network and Cycle of Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi from Palm Trees in the Amazon

Antonio R.L. Teixeira,* Pedro Sadi Monteiro,* José M. Rebelo,† Enrique R. Argañaraz,* Daniela Vieira,* Liana Lauria-Pires,* Rubens Nascimento,* Cássia A. Vexenat,* Antonio R. Silva,† Steven K. Ault,‡ and Jackson M. Costa‡
*University of Brasília, †Federal University of Maranhão, and ‡Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Brasília, Brazil

Figure 1. Human cases of acute human Trypanosoma cruzi infections in the Amazon Basin (19-28). French Guiana, 15; Colombia, 100; Ecuador, 14; Peru, 85; and Brazilian States: Amapá, 27; Acre, 7; Amazonas, 33; Pará, 57; and Maranhão, 50 cases. Insert shows Paço do Lumiar county in the island São Luis, State of Maranhão, an ecoregion vulnerable to human predation, where acute T. cruzi infections have been identified.

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Figure 1. Human cases of acute human Trypanosoma cruzi infections in the Amazon Basin (19-28). French Guiana, 15; Colombia, 100; Ecuador, 14; Peru, 85; and Brazilian States: Amapá, 27; Acre, 7; Amazonas, 33; Pará, 57; and Maranhão, 50 cases. Insert shows Paço do Lumiar county in the island São Luis, State of Maranhão, an ecoregion vulnerable to human predation, where acute T. cruzi infections have been identified.
 

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