What Do You Need to Know before Studying Chagas Disease? A Beginner’s Guide
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. A Brief History of Chagas Disease and the Current Situation
3. Life Cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi
4. Generalities of Trypanosoma cruzi
5. Origin and Genetic Variation of Trypanosoma cruzi
6. Vector Insects (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, and Triatominae)
7. Distribution and Richness of Triatomines
8. Overview of the Ecology of Triatomine Bugs
9. T. cruzi Reservoirs
10. Clinical Forms and Diagnosis of Chagas Disease
11. Immunopathogenesis of Chagas Disease
12. Final Comments
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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De Fuentes-Vicente, J.A.; Santos-Hernández, N.G.; Ruiz-Castillejos, C.; Espinoza-Medinilla, E.E.; Flores-Villegas, A.L.; de Alba-Alvarado, M.; Cabrera-Bravo, M.; Moreno-Rodríguez, A.; Vidal-López, D.G. What Do You Need to Know before Studying Chagas Disease? A Beginner’s Guide. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2023, 8, 360. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8070360
De Fuentes-Vicente JA, Santos-Hernández NG, Ruiz-Castillejos C, Espinoza-Medinilla EE, Flores-Villegas AL, de Alba-Alvarado M, Cabrera-Bravo M, Moreno-Rodríguez A, Vidal-López DG. What Do You Need to Know before Studying Chagas Disease? A Beginner’s Guide. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2023; 8(7):360. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8070360
Chicago/Turabian StyleDe Fuentes-Vicente, José A., Nancy G. Santos-Hernández, Christian Ruiz-Castillejos, Eduardo E. Espinoza-Medinilla, A. Laura Flores-Villegas, Mariana de Alba-Alvarado, Margarita Cabrera-Bravo, Adriana Moreno-Rodríguez, and Dolores G. Vidal-López. 2023. "What Do You Need to Know before Studying Chagas Disease? A Beginner’s Guide" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 8, no. 7: 360. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8070360