Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

HygR and PurR Plasmid Vectors for Episomal Transfection of Trypanosoma cruzi Otávio T Nóbrega, Jaime M Santana, Nancy R Sturm, Antônio RL Teixeira, David A Campbell PAGE: 513-516

Trypanosoma cruzi: Inhibition of a-hydroxyacid Dehydrogenase Isozyme II by N-allyl and N-propyl Oxamates and their Effects on Intact Epimastigotes Miguel A Chena, Silvia Elizondo-Jiménez, Lorena Rodríguez-Páez, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres, Isabel Baeza-Ramírez, Carlos Wong-Ramírez PAGE: 831-837

Genetic diversity of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Chuquisaca, Bolivia based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene Rosanna Giordano, Juan Carlos Pizarro Cortez, Stephanie Paulk, Lori Stevens PAGE: 753-760

Antileishmanial and trypanocidal activity of Brazilian Cerrado plants Mariana Laundry de Mesquita, Julie Desrivot, Christian Bories, Alain Fournet, José Elias de Paula, Philippe Grellier, Laila Salmen Espindola PAGE: 783-787

Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in French Guiana Christine Aznar, Guy La Ruche, Stéphane Laventure, Bernard Carme, Pascale Liegeard, Mireille Hontebeyrie PAGE: 805-808

Feeding Sources and Natural Infection of Belminus herreri (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) from Dwellings in Cesar, Colombia Claudia Magaly Sandoval, Rosemere Duarte, Reinaldo Gutíerrez, Dayse da Silva Rocha, Victor Manuel Angulo, Lida Esteban, Marlen Reyes, José Jurberg, Cleber Galvão PAGE: 137-140

Peridomiciliary colonies of Triatoma vitticeps (Stal, 1859) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in rural areas of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil Claudiney Biral dos Santos, Adelson Luiz Ferreira*, Gustavo Rocha Leite*, Gabriel Eduardo Melim Ferreira*, Andressa Alencastre Fuzari Rodrigues*, Aloísio Falqueto PAGE: 471-473

Participation of cytokines in the necrotic-inflammatory lesions in the heart and skeletal muscles of Calomys callosu s infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Isis F Magalhães-Santos, Sonia G Andrade PAGE: 555-561

A mucin like gene different from the previously reported members of the mucin like gene families is transcribed in Trypanosoma cruzi but not in Trypanosoma rangeli Teresa Abate, Mónica Rincón, Zoraida Díaz-Bello, Lilian Spencer, Alexis Rodríguez-Acosta PAGE: 391-395

Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes Gustavo C Cerqueira, Wanderson D DaRocha, Priscila C Campos, Cláudia S Zouain, Santuza MR Teixeira PAGE: 385-389

Genetic characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi natural clones from the state of Paraíba, Brazil Christian Barnabé, M Tibayrenc, Carlos Brisola Marcondes* PAGE: 273-275

Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from Mexican and Guatemalan acute and chronic chagasic cardiopathy patients belong to Trypanosoma cruzi I Rosario Ruíz-Sánchez, María Paula de León, Vivian Matta, Pedro A Reyes, López R, David Jay, Victor M Monteón PAGE: 281-283

Blood transfusion and iatrogenic risks in Mexico city. Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi seroprevalence in 43,048 blood donors, evaluation of parasitemia, and electrocardiogram findings in seropositive Nidia Hernández-Becerril, Ana Maria Mejía, Martha Alicia Ballinas-Verdugo, Verónica Garza-Murillo, Elsa Manilla-Toquero, Ruth López, Sergio Trevethan, Manuel Cardenas, Pedro Antonio Reyes, Kenji Hirayama, Victor Manuel Monteón PAGE: 111-116

Distribution and pathogenicity of Trypanosoma cruzi isolated from peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans and Triatoma guasayana from rural Western Argentina Marta A Lauricella, Raúl L Stariolo, Adelina R Riarte, Elsa L Segura, Ricardo E Gürtler PAGE: 123-129

Programmed cell death in Trypanosoma cruzi induced by Bothrops jararaca venom Poliana Deolindo, André S. Teixeira-Ferreira, Edésio JT Melo, Andrea Cristina Veto Arnholdt, Wanderley de Souza, Elias W Alves, Renato A DaMatta PAGE: 33-38

Ecological Characteristics of Triatoma patagonica at the Southern Limit of its Distribution (Chubut, Argentina) Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli, Darío Vezzani, Silvia M Pietrokovsky, Hugo Scurti*, Jorge Iriarte* PAGE: 1077-1081

Differential Expression of Adhesion Molecules Shaping the T-cell Subset Prevalence during the Early Phase of Autoimmune and Trypanosoma cruzi-elicited Myocarditis Ana Paula MP Marino, Maria Inês P Azevedo, Joseli Lannes-Vieira PAGE: 945-952

Parameters Affecting Cellular Invasion and Escape from the Parasitophorous Vacuole by Different Infective Forms of Trypanosoma cruzi RB Stecconi-Silva, WK Andreoli, RA Mortara PAGE: 953-958

Antibody Isotype Responses in Balb/c Mice Immunized with the Cytoplasmic Repetitive Antigen and Flagellar Repetitive Antigen of Trypanosoma cruzi Valéria RA Pereira, Virginia Maria B Lorena, Alinne Fernanda A Verçosa, Edmilson D Silva, Antonio GP Ferreira, Ulisses R Montarroyos, Ana P Galvão Silva, Yara M Gomes PAGE: 823-825

Chagas disease: control, elimination and eradication. Is it possible? José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 962-967 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130565

Electrocardiographic Findings in Mexican Chagasic Subjects Living in High and Low Endemic Regions ofTrypanosoma cruzi Infection Francisca Sosa-Jurado, Miguel Mazariego-Aranda, Nidia Hernández-Becerril, Verónica Garza- Murillo, Manuel Cárdenas, Pedro A Reyes, Kenji Hirayama, Victor M Monteón PAGE: 605-610

Trypanosoma cruzi: Genetic Group with Peculiar Biochemical and Biological Behavior Mônica Lúcia Gomes, Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo, Celso Vataru Nakamura, Nilza de Lucas Rodrigues Bittencourt, Egler Chiari*, Silvana Marques de Araújo PAGE: 649-654

Characterization of [Ca2+]i Responses in Primary Cultures of Mouse Cardiomyocytes Induced byTrypanosoma cruzi Trypomastigotes Luciana R Garzoni, Masako Oya Masuda, Márcia M Capella, Anibal Gil Lopes, Maria de Nazareth S Leal de Meirelles PAGE: 487-493

Action of Trypanosoma rangeli in Infections with Virulent Trypanosoma cruzi Populations MT Paláu, AJ Mejía, U Vergara, CA Zúñiga PAGE: 543-548

8-Methoxy-naphtho[2,3-b]thiophen-4,9-quinone, a Non-competitive Inhibitor of Trypanothione Reductase Carlos L Zani, Alan H Fairlamb* PAGE: 565-568

Trypanosoma cruzi-elicited CD8+ T Cell-mediated Myocarditis: Chemokine Receptors and Adhesion Molecules as Potential Therapeutic Targets to Control Chronic Inflammation? Joseli Lannes-Vieira PAGE: 299-304

Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA within Murine Cardiac Tissue Sections by in Situ Polymerase Chain Reaction Joshua E Lane, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Danyvid Olivares-Villagómez, Cindy L Vnencak-Jones, Thomas L McCurley, Clint E Carter PAGE: 373-376

Increased Plasma Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-a in Asymptomatic/"Indeterminate" and Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy Patients Renata Cristina Ferreira, Barbara M Ianni, Lucia CJ Abel, Paula Buck, Charles Mady, Jorge Kalil, Edecio Cunha-Neto PAGE: 407-411

Diterpenoids from Azorella compacta (Umbelliferae) Active onTrypanosoma cruzi Jorge E Araya, Iván Neira, Solange da Silva, Renato A Mortara, Patricio Manque, Esteban Cordero, Hernán Sagua, Alberto Loyola, Jorge Bórquez,Glauco Morales, Jorge González PAGE: 413-418

Should Trypanosoma cruzi be Called "cruzi" Complex? A Review of the Parasite Diversity and the Potential of Selecting Population after in Vitro Culturing and Mice Infection Rodolfo Devera, Octavio Fernandes*, José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 1-12

Morphological Comparison of Axenic Amastigogenesis of Trypomastigotes and Metacyclic Forms of Trypanosoma cruzi María C Navarro, Ana R De Lima, José Askue*,Víctor T Contreras PAGE: 83-91

A Novel Reiterated Family of Transcribed Oligo(A)-terminated, Interspersed DNA Elements in the Genome of Trypanosoma cruzi Newton Valério Verbisck, Márcia Regina Machado dos Santos, David M Engman, Miguel Angel Chiurillo, José Luis Ramirez, Jorge Enrique Araya, Renato Arruda Mortara, José Franco da Silveira PAGE: 129-133

In Vitro Evaluation of the Activity of Aromatic Nitrocompounds against Trypanosoma cruzi Renata B Oliveira, Ana Paula F Passos, Rosana O Alves, Alvaro J Romanha, Maria Auxiliadora F Prado, José Dias de Souza Filho, Ricardo J Alves PAGE: 141-144

Biological Characterization of a ?-Galactosidase Expressing Clone of Trypanosoma cruzi CL Strain Ana Le-Senne, Susana Muelas-Serrano, Carlos Fernández-Portillo, José Antonio Escario, Alicia Gómez-Barrio PAGE: 1101-1105

Pathology of Intracardiac Nerves in Experimental Chagas Disease Lídia Cristina Villela Ribeiro, Aryon A Barbosa Jr., Zilton A Andrade PAGE: 1019-1025

Genetic Diversity of Colombian Sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates Revealed by the Ribosomal DNA Patricia Cuervo, Elisa Cupolillo, Iris Segura, Nancy Saravia, Octavio Fernandes PAGE: 877-880

The Opossum Didelphis virginiana as a Synanthropic Reservoir of Trypanosoma cruzi in Dzidzilché, Yucatán, México Hugo A Ruiz-Piña, Alejandro Cruz-Reyes* PAGE: 613-620

Fibrogenesis and Collagen Resorption in the Heart and Skeletal Muscle of Calomys callosus Experimentally Infected withTrypanosoma cruzi: Immunohistochemical Identification of Extracellular Matrix Components Isis F Magalhães-Santos, Elianita S Lima, Sonia G Andrade PAGE: 703-710

Chagas Disease in Dogs from Endemic Areas of Costa Rica Victor M Montenegro,Maurico Jiménez, JC Pinto Dias*, Rodrigo Zeledón PAGE: 491-494

In Vitro and in Vivo Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity of a Novel Nitro-derivative Susana Muelas-Serrano, Ana Le-Senne, Carlos Fernández-Portillo, Juan José Nogal, Carmen Ochoa, Alicia Gómez-Barrio PAGE: 553-557

The Triatomines of Northern Peru, with Emphasis on the Ecology and Infection by Trypanosomes of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Triatominae) César A Cuba Cuba, Fernando Abad-Franch, Judith Roldán Rodríguez, Franklin Vargas Vásquez, Luis Pollack Velásquez, Michael A Miles PAGE: 175-183

A Critical Review on Chagas Disease Chemotherapy José Rodrigues Coura, Solange L de Castro* PAGE: 3-24

Presence of Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and Risk of Transmission of Chagas Disease in Colima, México Francisco Espinoza-Gómez, Arcadio Maldonado-Rodríguez, Rafael Coll-Cárdenas, Carlos Moises Hernández-Suárez, Ildefonso Fernández-Salas PAGE: 25-30

Insights from paleomicrobiology into the indigenous peoples of pre-colonial America - A Review Millie I Darling, Helen D Donoghue PAGE: 131-139 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140589

The in vitro activity of fatty diamines and amino alcohols against mixed amastigote and trypomastigote Trypanosoma cruzi forms Policarpo Ademar Sales Júnior, Celso Oliveira Rezende Júnior, Mireille Le Hyaric, Mauro Vieira de Almeida, Alvaro José Romanha PAGE: 362-364 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130496

Megazol and its bioisostere 4H-1,2,4-triazole: comparing the trypanocidal, cytotoxic and genotoxic activities and their in vitro and in silico interactions with the Trypanosoma brucei nitroreductase enzyme Alcione Silva de Carvalho, Kelly Salomão, Solange Lisboa de Castro, Taline Ramos Conde, Helena Pereira da Silva Zamith, Ernesto Raúl Caffarena, Belinda Suzette Hall, Shane Robert Wilkinson, Núbia Boechat PAGE: 315-323 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140497

Variation in Susceptibility to Benznidazole in Isolates Derived from Trypanosoma cruzi Parental Strains VM Veloso, CM Carneiro, MJO Toledo, M Lana, E Chiari, WL Tafuri,MT Bahia PAGE: 1005-1011

Parasite Persistence in Treated Chagasic Patients Revealed by Xenodiagnosis and Polymerase Chain Reaction Constança Britto, Celeste Silveira, Maria Angelica Cardoso, Patricia Marques, Alejandro Luquetti, Vanize Macêdo, Octavio Fernandes PAGE: 823-826

A ?-glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase is Present in Trypanosoma cruzi Glycosomes JL Concepcion, H Acosta, W Quiñones, M Dubourdieu PAGE: 697-701

Experimental Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Through the Genitalia of Albino Mice Leidi Herrera, Servio Urdaneta-Morales

Serodiagnosis of Chronic Chagas Infection by Using EIE-Recombinant-Chagas-Biomanguinhos Kit Yara M Gomes, Valéria RA Pereira, Mineo Nakazawa, Daniela S Rosa, Maria das Neves DS Barros, Antonio GP Ferreira, Edimilson D Silva, Sueli F Yamada Ogatta, Marco Aurélio Krieger, Samuel Goldenberg PAGE: 497-501

Comparison of Polymerase Chain Reaction on Fresh Tissue Samples and Fecal Drops on Filter Paper for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in Rhodnius prolixus PL Dorn, J Flores, B Brahney, A Gutierrez, R Rosales*, A Rodas*, C Monroy* PAGE: 503-505

Isoenzyme Profiles of Trypanosoma cruzi Stocks from Different Areas of Paraguay Nidia Acosta, Margarita Samudio, Elsa López, Fernando Vargas, Nina Yaksic, Simone Frédérique Brenière, Antonieta Rojas de Arias PAGE: 527-533

Morphometry of Submucous and Myenteric Esophagic Plexus of Dogs Experimentally Reinfected withTrypanosoma cruzi Evandro MM Machado, Deolino J Camilo Júnior*, Simone W Pinheiro*, Edison Reis Lopes*, Alexandre J Fernandes, João Carlos Pinto Dias, Sheila J Adad* PAGE: 545-548

Usefulness of Microsatellite Typing in Population Genetic Studies of Trypanosoma cruzi Andrea M Macedo, Juliana R Pimenta, Renato S de Aguiar, Anna Izabel R Melo, Egler Chiari, Bianca Zingales, Sérgio DJ Pena, Riva P Oliveira PAGE: 407-413

Role of Two Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Species in the Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi(Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) to Man in the West Coast of Mexico José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra,Nina Malena Bárcenas-Ortega, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres*, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar*, Milton Lino Rodríguez*, Ezequiel Magallón-Gastélum**, Víctor López-Martínez,Jesús Romero-Nápoles PAGE: 141-144

Relationship between BiologicaI Behaviour and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Profiles of Trypanosoma cruzi Strains Rafael A Martínez-Díaz, José A Escario*, Juan J Nogal-Ruiz*,Alicia Gómez-Barrio* PAGE: 251-256

Population Genetic Analysis of Colombian Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates Revealed by Enzyme Electrophoretic Profiles Manuel Ruiz-Garcia, Marleny Montilla*, Sebastian Nicholls*, Diana Alvarez PAGE: 31-51

Biological Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi Strains Rafael A Martínez-Díaz, José A Escario*, Juan J Nogal-Ruiz*,Alicia Gómez-Barrio* PAGE: 53-59

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Didelphis marsupialis in Santa Catarina and Arvoredo Islands, Southern Brazil Edmundo C Grisard, Carlos J Carvalho-Pinto, Afonso F Scholz, Helena K Toma, Bruno R Schlemper Jr, Mário Steindel PAGE: 795-800

A Simplified Method for Sample Collection and DNA Isolation for Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi in Triatomine Vectors Evandro MM Machado, Nelson J Alvarenga, Alvaro J Romanha, Edmundo C Grisard PAGE: 863-866

Selection of Trypanosoma cruzi Clonal Genotypes (Clonet 20 and 39) Isolated from Bolivian Triatomines Following Subculture in Liquid Medium Marie-France Bosseno, Nina Yacsik*, Fernando Vargas*,Simone Frédérique Brenière PAGE: 601-607

Sylvatic Vectors Invading Houses and the Risk of Emergence of Cases of Chagas Disease in Salvador, State of Bahia, Northeast Brazil Artur G Dias-Lima, Ítalo A Sherlock PAGE: 611-613

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Leontopithecus rosalia at the Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cristiane V Lisboa, James Dietz, Andrew J Baker, Nédia N Russel,Ana M Jansen PAGE: 445-452

Mexican Trypanosoma cruzi Stocks: Analysis of Minicircle kDNA Homologies by Cross-hybridization Marie-France Bosseno, Bertha Espinoza, Beatriz Sánchez,Simone Frédérique Brenière PAGE: 473-476

Genomic Rearrangements in Trypanosomatids: an Alternative to the "One Gene" Evolutionary Hypotheses? JC Dujardin, J Henriksson, K Victoir, S Brisse, D Gamboa, J Arevalo, D Le Ray PAGE: 527-534

Trypanosoma cruzi _ The Vector-parasite Paradox CJ Schofield PAGE: 535-544

Chagas Disease and Human Migration Felipe Guhl, Carlos Jaramillo, Gustavo A Vallejo, Felipe CárdenasA-Arroyo, Arthur Aufderheide PAGE: 553-555

The Ecotopes and Evolution of Triatomine Bugs (Triatominae) and their Associated Trypanosomes Michael Gaunt, Michael Miles PAGE: 557-565

Trypanosomes of Non-human Primates from the National Centre of Primates, Ananindeua, State of Pará, Brazil Mariangela Ziccardi, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ralph Lainson,Maria do Carmo de Oliveira Brígido, José Augusto Pereira Carneiro Muniz PAGE: 157-159

Colony Polymerase Chain Reaction of Stably Transfected Trypanosoma cruzi Grown on Solid Medium Wagner G dos Santos, Ivelina Metcheva, Gregory A Buck PAGE: 111-114

Genetic Polymorphism Among Six Trypanosoma cruzi Stocks Isolated from Chronic Chagasic Patients Ana Maria de Castro, Thais Cristine de Carvalho Araújo, Rosália Santos Amorim Jesuíno, Célia Maria de Almeida Soares, Alejandro Luquetti Ostermayer PAGE: 655-658

Heterologous Expression of a Trypanosoma cruzi Surface Glycoprotein (gp82) Indicates that Requirements for Glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol Anchoring are Different in Mammalian Cells and this Trypanosome Marcel I Ramirez, Silvia B Boscardin, Rita C Ruiz, Sang W Han, Glaucia S Paranhos-Baccala, Nobuko Yoshida, Renato A Mortara, José Franco da Silveira PAGE: 527-530

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of 195 bp Repeated Satellite DNA of Trypanosoma cruzi Supports the Existence of Two Phylogenetic Groups Brigitte Bastrenta, Marie France Bosseno, Christian Barnabé, Michel Tibayrenc, Simone Frédérique Brenière PAGE: 323-328

Trypanosoma cruzi: Correlations of Biological Aspects of the Life Cycle in Mice and Triatomines Valdirene S Lima, Regina HR Mangia, João C Carreira, Renato S Marchevsky, Ana M Jansen PAGE: 397-402

Humoral Immune Response Kinetics in Philander opossum and Didelphis marsupialis Infected and Immunized by Ana Paula Legey, Ana Paula S Pinho, Samanta C Chagas Xavier, Leonor L Leon, Ana Maria Jansen PAGE: 371-376

Effects of Non-Susceptible Hosts on the Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi of the Vector Triatoma infestans: an Experimental Mode Diego P Vázquez, Delmi Canale, Ricardo E Gürtler PAGE: 413-419

Partial Protection of Mice against Trypanosoma cruzi after Immunizing with the TcY 72 Antigenic Preparation Yara M Gomes, Frederico GC Abath, Mineo Nakazawa, Paola Minoprio, Ioannis Vouldoukis, Loic Monjour PAGE: 167-172

Pharmacological Approaches to Antitrypanosomal Chemotherapy Simon L Croft PAGE: 215-220

High Rates of Positive Hemocultures in Children and Teenagers Seropositive for Trypanosoma cruzi in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cloé D Fernandes, Fátima M Tiecher, Daniela D Fernandes, Nádia MP Henriques, Mário Steindel PAGE: 7-8

Comparative Analysis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplified Minicircles of Kinetoplast DNA of a Stable Strain of Trypanosoma cruzi from São Felipe, Bahia, its Clones and Subclones: Possibility of Predominance of a Principal Clone in th Rozalia F Campos, Marilda S Gonçalves, Eliana AG dos Reis, Mitermayer G dos Reis, Sonia G Andrade PAGE: 23-29

Feeding and Defecation Patterns of Nymphs of Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), and its Potential Role as Vector for Trypanosoma cruzi Marina Vianna Braga, Marli Maria Lima PAGE: 127-129

An Investigation on the Ecology of Triatoma vitticeps (Stal, 1859) and its Possible Role in the Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, in the Locality of Triunfo, Santa Maria Madalena Municipal District, State of Rio de Janeiro Teresa Cristina M Gonçalves, Edson de Oliveira, Lidiamara S Dias, Magaly D Almeida, Wagner O Nogueira, Fernando Dias de Ávila Pires PAGE: 711-717

Isoenzymatic Characterization of Colombian Strains of Trypanosoma cruzi P Rodríguez, M Montilla, S Nicholls, I Zarante, C Puerta PAGE: 739-740

Trypanosoma cruzi: Maintenance in Culture Modify Gene and Antigenic Expression of Metacyclic Trypomastigotes Víctor T Contreras, Ana Rita De Lima, Gelu Zorrilla PAGE: 753-760

Integrated Genetic Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases: The Chagas Model Michel Tibayrenc PAGE: 577-580

Random by Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis of Sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates Infers from French Guiana Accurate Phylogeny Brigitte Bastrenta, Simone Frédérique Brenière PAGE: 485-486

Immunodiagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' Disease) Infection in Naturally Infected Dogs MA Lauricella, MB Castañera, RE Gürtler, EL Segura PAGE: 501-507

The Occurrence of Rhodnius prolixus Stal, 1859, Naturally Infected by Trypanosoma cruzi in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) Ana Paula Pinho, Teresa Cristina M Gonçalves, Regina Helena Mangia, Nédia S Nehme Russell, Ana Maria Jansen PAGE: 141-143

Chagas' Disease and HIV Co-infection: Genotypic Characterization of the Trypanosoma cruzi Strain Raquel S Pacheco, Marcelo S Ferreira, Maria Inês Machado, Célia MM Brito, Marize Q Pires, Alda M Da-Cruz, Sérgio G Coutinho PAGE: 165-169

Purification and Partial Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi Triosephosphate Isomerase SC Bourguignon, MN Meirelles, RS Pacheco, S Giovanni De Simone PAGE: 219-224

Characterization of Subpopulations (Clones and Subclones) of the 21 SF Strain of Trypanosoma cruzi after Long Lastin Rozalia MF Campos, Sonia G Andrade PAGE: 795-800

Histopathological Study of Experimental and Natural Infections by Trypanosoma cruzi in Didelphis marsupialis João Carlos Araujo Carreira, Ana Maria Jansen, Maria P Deane,Henrique Leonel Lenzi PAGE: 609-618

Trypanosoma cruzi in the Anal Glands of Urban Opossums. I- Isolation and Experimental Infections S Urdaneta-Morales, I Nironi PAGE: 399-403

Number of Vector Bites Determining the Infection of Guinea Pigs with Trypanosoma cruzi Miguel Angel Basombrío, David Gorla, Silvia Catalá, María A Segura, María C Mora, Laura Gómez, Julio Nasser PAGE: 421-424

Biological Comparison between Three Clones of Trypanosoma cruzi and the Strain of Origin (Bolivia) with Reference to Clonal Evolution Studies P Penin, C Gamallo, JA de Diego PAGE: 285-291

Evaluation of the Rabbit as a Model for Chagas Disease - II. Histopathologic Studies of the Heart, Digestive Tract and Skeletal Muscle Arnaldo Moreira da Silva, Luiz Eduardo Ramirez, Marlene Vargas, Edmundo Chapadeiro, Zigman Brener PAGE: 199-206

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Offspring Born to Chagasic C3H/He Mice Silvana Marques de Araújo, Egler Chiari PAGE: 211-216

Trypanosoma cruzi Strains and Autonomic Nervous System Pathology in Experimental Chagas Disease Márcia Maria de Souza, Sonia G Andrade, Aryon A Barbosa Jr, Raimunda Telma Macedo Santos, Venâncio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Zilton A Andrade PAGE: 217-224

Recrudescence Induced by Cyclophosphamide of Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Mice is Influenced by the Parasite Strain Maria Elizabeth S Pereira, Luis Mauro T Santos, Márcio Sobreira S Araújo, Zigman Brener PAGE: 71-74

Complete Immunization against Trypanosoma cruzi Verified in Individual Mice by Complement-Mediated Lysis Laura E Gómez, Julio R Nasser, Miguel A Basombrío PAGE: 56-61

Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi: Cross-reaction among their Immunogenic Components A Saldaña, OE Sousa PAGE: 81-82

Trypanosoma cruzi Defined Antigens in the Serological Evaluation of an Outbreak of Acute Chagas Disease in Brazil (Catolé do Rocha, Paraíba) Eufrosina S Umezawa, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda, Arthur Gruber, Vera L Pereira-Chioccola, Bianca Zingales PAGE: 87-93

Short-term therapy with simvastatin reduces inflammatory mediators and heart inflammation during the acute phase of experimental Chagas disease Rafael Rodrigues Silva; Deena Shrestha-Bajracharya; Camila Megale Almeida-Leite; Rômulo Leite; Maria Terezinha Bahia; Andre Talvani PAGE: 513-521 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400012

Effect of treatment with cyclophosphamide in low doses upon the onset of delayed type hypersensitivity in mice chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi: involvement of heart interstitial dendritic cells Torriceli Souza Thé, Renata Siqueira Portella, Marcos Lázaro Guerreiro, Sonia Gumes Andrade DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108062013004

Knockout confirmation for hurries: rapid genotype identification of Trypanosoma cruzi transfectants by polymerase chain reaction directly from liquid culture Monica Visnieski Alcantara, Stenio Perdigão Fragoso, Gisele Fernanda Assine Picchi PAGE: 511-513 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140010

CC-chemokine receptors: a potential therapeutic target for Trypanosoma cruzi-elicited myocarditis APMP Marino, AA Silva, PVA Santos, LMO Pinto, RT Gazinelli, MM Teixeira, J Lannes-Vieira PAGE: 93-96

JVG9, a benzimidazole derivative, alters the surface and cytoskeleton of Trypanosoma cruzi bloodstream trypomastigotes Dylan L Díaz-Chiguer, Francisco Hernández-Luis, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres, Rafael Castillo,Olivia Reynoso-Ducoing, Alicia Hernández-Campos, Javier R Ambrosio PAGE: 757-760 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140096

Domestic, peridomestic and wild hosts in the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Caatinga area colonised by Triatoma brasiliensis Claudia Mendonça Bezerra, Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti, Rita de Cássia Moreira de Souza, Silvia Ermelinda Barbosa, Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier, Ana Maria Jansen, Relrison Dias Ramalho, Liléia Diotaiuti PAGE: 887-898 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140048

Studies on the Virulence and Attenuation of Trypanosoma cruzi Using Immunodeficient Animals Miguel Ángel Basombrío, María Asunción Segura, Laura Gómez, Marcelo Padilla PAGE: 175-178

The peri-urban interface and house infestation with Triatoma infestans in the Argentine Chaco: an underreported process? Yael M Provecho, M Sol Gaspe, M del Pilar Fernández, Gustavo F Enriquez, Diego Weinberg, Ricardo E Gürtler PAGE: 923-934 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140225

Comparative serology techniques for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a rural population from the state of Querétaro, Mexico María Elena Villagrán-Herrera, Manuel Sánchez-Moreno, Adriana Jheny Rodríguez-Méndez, Hebert Luis Hernández-Montiel, Felipe de Jesús Dávila-Esquivel, Germán González-Pérez, José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra, José Antonio de Diego-Cabrera PAGE: 964-969 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130413

Relevant Glycoconjugates on the Surface of Trypanosoma cruzi Walter Colli, Maria Júlia Manso Alves PAGE: 37-49

A Role for Extracellular Amastigotes in the Immunopathology of Chagas Disease Julio Scharfstein, Alexandre Morrot PAGE: 51-63

The Population Structure of Trypanosoma cruzi: Expanded Analysis of 54 Strains Using Eight Polymorphic CA-repeat Microsatellites Riva P Oliveira, Anna Izabel R Melo, Andréa M Macedo, Egler Chiari, Sérgio DJ Pena PAGE: 65-70

Immunopathology of Chagas Disease Zilton A Andrade PAGE: 71-80

Prevention of Transfusional Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Latin America Gabriel A Schmunis PAGE: 93-101

Biology and Ultra-structure of Trypanosoma cruzi: a 90-Years Old Challenge for Scientists Tania C de Araújo-Jorge PAGE: 131-134

Features of Host Cell Invasion by Different Infective Forms of Trypanosoma cruzi Renato A Mortara, Daniela O Procópio, Helena C Barros, Newton V Verbisck, Walter K Andreoli, Ricardo BS Silva, Solange da Silva PAGE: 135-137

The TcI and TcII Trypanosoma cruzi experimental infections induce distinct immune responses and cardiac fibrosis in dogs Ana Luiza Cassin Duz, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira, Bruno Mendes Roatt, Rodrigo Dian Oliveira Aguiar-Soares, Jamille Mirelle de Oliveira Cardoso, Flávia Carvalho Bitencourt de Oliveira, Levi Eduardo Soares Reis, Washington Luiz Tafuri, Vanja Maria Veloso, Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Cláudia Martins Carneiro PAGE: 1005-1013 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140208

The Reservosome of Trypanosoma cruzi Epimastigotes: an Organelle of the Endocytic Pathway with a Role on Metacyclogenesis Maurilio José Soares PAGE: 139-141

Trypanosoma cruzi-cardiomyocytes: New Contributions Regarding a Better Understanding of this Interaction Maria de Nazareth Leal de Meirelles, Mirian Claudia S Pereira,Robert H Singer, Maria de Nazaré C Soeiro, Luciana R Garzoni,Dayse T Silva, Helene S Barbosa, Tania C Araujo-Jorge, Masako O Masuda, Marcia AM Capella, Anibal Gil Lopes, Alane B Vermelho PAGE: 149-152

Why Studies on Invasion of Host Cell by Trypanosoma cruzi Using Stablished Cell Lines or Primary Cell Cultures Give Conflicting Results? Helene S Barbosa PAGE: 153-154

Recent Issues of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Trypanosoma cruzi Luiz R Travassos, Erney P Camargo PAGE: 155-157

Epidemiology, Biochemistry and Evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi Lineages Based on Ribosomal RNA Sequences Bianca Zingales, Beatriz S Stolf, Ricardo P Souto, Octavio Fernandes, Marcelo RS Briones PAGE: 159-164

Construction of three new Gateway® expression plasmids for Trypanosoma cruzi Victoria L Alonso, Carla Ritagliati, Pamela Cribb, Esteban C Serra PAGE: 1081-1085 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140238

Differential Gene Expression during Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclogenesis Marco Aurelio Krieger, Andrea Rodrigues Ávila, Sueli Fumie Yamada Ogatta,Claire Plazanet-Menut, Samuel Goldenberg PAGE: 165-168

Organization and Expression of a Multigene Family Encoding the Surface Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclic Trypomastigotes Involved in the Cell Invasion Mirian S Carmo, Jorge E Araya, Marcel I Ramirez, Silvia Boscardin, Maria I Cano, Renata P Baida, Rita C Ruiz, Marcia R Santos, Miguel A Chiurillo, José L Ramirez, Nobuko Yoshida, José Franco da Silveira PAGE: 169-171

Trypanosoma cruzi Mucins: Potential Functions of a Complex Structure Igor C Almeida, Ricardo Gazzinelli, Michael AJ Ferguson,Luiz R Travassos PAGE: 173-176

Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Alvaro José Romanha PAGE: 177-180

Taxonomy of Trypanosoma cruzi: a Commentary on Characterization and Nomenclature Hooman Momen PAGE: 181-184

Trypanosoma cruzi: Clonal Structure of Parasite Strains and the Importance of Principal Clones Sonia G Andrade PAGE: 185-187

Genetic Diversity and Genetic Exchange in Trypanosoma cruzi: Dual Drug-resistant "Progeny" from Episomal Transformants JR Stothard, IA Frame, MA Miles PAGE: 189-193

Populational Heterogeneity of Brazilian Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates Revealed by the Mini-exon and Ribosomal Spacers O Fernandes, SS Santos,ACV Junqueira, AM Jansen,E Cupolillo, DA Campbell,B Zingales, JR Coura PAGE: 195-197

Reflections on the Population Dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi: Heterogeneity Versus Plasticity Raquel S Pacheco, Célia MM Brito PAGE: 199-201

The Sylvatic Cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi: a Still Unsolved Puzzle Ana Maria Jansen, Ana Paula Santos de Pinho, Cristiane Varella Lisboa, Elisa Cupolillo, Regina Helena Mangia, Octavio Fernandes PAGE: 203-204

Morphobiological Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, 1909 and its Distinction from other Trypanosomes Maria Auxiliadora de Sousa PAGE: 205-210

Trypanosoma cruzi - Vector-vertebrate Hosts Interactions Eloi S Garcia PAGE: 211-212

Biological Factors Involving Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle in the Invertebrate Vector, Rhodnius prolixus ES Garcia , MS Gonzalez, P Azambuja PAGE: 213-216

Some Morphological and Molecular Aspects of the Life Cycle of Trypansoma cruzi in the Insect Vector Rodrigo Zeledón PAGE: 217-218

Trypanosoma cruzi Interaction with its Vectors and Vertebrate Hosts Mario Steindel PAGE: 243-245

The Role of the Immune Response on the Development of Severe Clinical Forms of Human Chagas Disease Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Juliana de Assis Silva Gomes, Elenice Moreira Lemos, Glenda Meira Cardoso, Débora D'Ávila Reis, Sheila Adad, Eduardo Crema, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Manoel Otávio Rocha Costa, Giovanni Gazzinelli, Lílian Maria Garcia Bahia-Oliveira PAGE: 253-255

Immunopathology of Cardiomyopathy in the Experimental Chagas Disease Milena BP Soares, Ricardo Ribeiro dos Santos PAGE: 257-262

Human Chronic Chagasic Cardiopathy: Participation of Parasite Antigens, Subsets of Lymphocytes, Cytokines and Microvascular Abnormalities Maria de Lourdes Higuchi PAGE: 263-267

Xenodiagnosis Hugo Schenone PAGE: 289-294

Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi Chronic Infections in Humans: Usefulness of the Complement Regulatory Protein Antigens and Lytic Antibodies in the Control of Cure AU Krettli PAGE: 301-304

Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection: New Insights into the Diagnosis of Chronic Chagas Disease C Britto, MA Cardoso, P Marques, O Fernandes, CM Morel PAGE: 305-306

Screening and Confirmation in Chagas Disease Serology - A Contribution WMR Oelemann, MGM Teixeira, JM Peralta PAGE: 307-308

Criteria of Chagas Disease Cure J Romeu Cançado PAGE: 331-335

Parasitological Cure of Chagas Disease: Is it Possible? Is it Relevant? Julio A Urbina PAGE: 349-355

Treatment of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in the Undetermined Phase. Experience and Current Guidelines of Treatment in Argentina Sergio Sosa Estani, Elsa Leonor Segura PAGE: 363-365

Chagas Disease: from Bush to Huts and Houses. Is it the Case of the Brazilian Amazon? José Rodrigues Coura, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira,Marcio Neves Boia, Octavio Fernandes PAGE: 379-384

Potential for Domestication of Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille, 1811) (Liemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the Municipality of Muaná, Marajó Island, State of Pará, Brazil Vera da Costa Valente PAGE: 399-400

Progress Towards Interruption of Transmission of Chagas Disease Alvaro Moncayo PAGE: 401-404

Interruption of Chagas Disease Transmission in the Andean Countries: Colombia Felipe Guhl, Gustavo A Vallejo PAGE: 413-415

Bioactive endophytic fungi isolated from Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilwood) and identification of beauvericin as a trypanocidal metabolite from Fusarium sp. Fernanda Fraga Campos, Policarpo A Sales Junior, Alvaro José Romanha, Márcio SS Araújo, Ezequias P Siqueira, Jarbas M Resende, Tânia MA Alves, Olindo A Martins-Filho, Vera Lúcia dos Santos, Carlos A Rosa, Carlos L Zani, Betania Barros Cota PAGE: 65-74 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140243

Integrated control of Chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem - A Review Sergio Sosa-Estani, Elsa Leonor Segura PAGE: 289-298 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140408

Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in central Brazil. A study of 1,211 individuals born to infected mothers Alejandro O Luquetti, Suelene Brito do Nascimento Tavares, Liliane da Rocha Siriano, Rozângela Amaral de Oliveira, Dayse Elizabeth Campos, Cicilio Alves de Morais, Enio Chaves de Oliveira PAGE: 369-376 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140410

Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi TcII and TcI in free-ranging population of lion tamarins (Leontopithecus spp): an 11-year follow-up Cristiane Varella Lisboa, Rafael Veríssimo Monteiro, Andreia Fonseca Martins, Samantha Cristina das Chagas Xavier, Valdirene dos Santos Lima, Ana Maria Jansen PAGE: 394-402 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140400

Biomarkers of therapeutic responses in chronic Chagas disease: state of the art and future perspectives Maria-Jesus Pinazo, Maria-Carmen Thomas, Juan Bustamante, Igor Correia de Almeida, Manuel-Carlos Lopez, Joaquim Gascon PAGE: 422-432 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140435

Reaching for the Holy Grail: insights from infection/cure models on the prospects for vaccines for Trypanosoma cruzi infection Juan Bustamante, Rick Tarleton PAGE: 445-451 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140440

Congenital Chagas disease: an update Yves Carlier, Sergio Sosa-Estani, Alejandro O Luquetti, Pierre Buekens PAGE: 363-368 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140405

CHEMOTHERAPY - 288 - LEISHMANICIDAL AND TRYPANOCIDAL ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS AND SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM BASIDIOMYCETES Fournet, A.; Inchaustti, A.; Yaluff, G.; Rojas de Arias, A.; Tórres, S.; Ferreira, M. E.; Nakayama, H.; Schinini, A.; Lorenzen, K. & Anke, T.

In vitro activity of 1,3-bisaryloxypropanamines against Trypanosoma cruzi-infected L929 cultures Stefânia Neiva Lavorato, Policarpo Ademar Sales Júnior, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Alvaro José Romanha, Ricardo José Alves PAGE: 566-568 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150007

Identification of Transcribed Sequences (ESTs) in the Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Project Adeílton Brandão, Turan Urmenyi, Edson Rondinelli,Antonio Gonzalez, Antonio B de Miranda, Wim Degrave PAGE: 863-866

Parasite Genome Projects and the Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Initiative Wim Degrave, Mariano J Levin, José Franco da Silveira, Carlos M Morel PAGE: 859-862

Towards the Physical Map of the Trypanosoma cruzi Nuclear Genome: Construction of YAC and BAC Libraries of the Reference Clone T. cruzi CL-Brener I Ferrari, H Lorenzi, MR Santos, S Brandariz, JM Requena, A Schijman, M Vázquez, JF da Silveira, C Ben-Dov, C Medrano, S Ghío, P López Bergami, I Cano, B Zingales, TP Urmenyi, E Rondinelli, A González, A Cortes, MC Lopez, MC Thomas, C Alonso, JL Ramírez, MA Chiurrillo, R Rangel Aldao, A Brandão, W Degrave, V Perrot, M Saumier, A Billaut, D Cohen, D Le Paslier, MJ Levin PAGE: 843-852

The Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Project: Nuclear Karyotype and Gene Mapping of Clone CL Brener Marcia RM Santos, Maria I Cano, Alejandro Schijman, Hernan Lorenzi, Martin Vázquez, Mariano J Levin, José Luis Ramirez, Adeílton Brandão, Wim M Degrave, José Franco da Silveira PAGE: 821-828

Biological Parameters and Molecular Markers of Clone CL Brener - The Reference Organism of the Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Project Bianca Zingales, Maria Elizabeth S Pereira, Kátia A Almeida,Eufrosina S Umezawa, Nédia S Nehme, Riva P Oliveira,Andrea Macedo, Ricardo P Souto PAGE: 811-814

TcruziDB, an Integrated Database, and the WWW Information Server for the Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Project Wim Degrave, Antonio B de Miranda, Alex Amorim, Adeílton Brandão, Martin Aslett, Mark Vandeyar PAGE: 805-809

Ticks, ivermectin, and experimental Chagas disease João Carlos Pinto Dias, Christopher J Schofield, Evandro MM Machado, Alexandre José Fernandes PAGE: 829-832

Defective Production of Interleukin 2 in Patients with Chagas' Disease. Purified IL-2 Augments in Vitro Response in Patients with Chagasic Cardiomyopathy Luis Briceno, Walter Mosca PAGE: 601-607

The Evolution of Trypanosomes Infecting Humans and Primates Jamie Stevens, Harry Noyes, Wendy Gibson PAGE: 669-676

Genitourinary Changes in Hamsters Infected and Reinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi Marlene Cabrine-Santos, Vitorino Modesto dos Santos*, Marcus Aurelho de Lima*, Marta Elena Araújo de Abreu, Eliane Lages-Silva, Luís Eduardo Ramírez PAGE: 523-528

A Case of Megacolon in Rio Grande Valley as a Possible Case of Chagas Disease Karl Reinhard, T Michael Fink, Jack Skiles PAGE: 165-172

A Short Review on the Morphology of Trypanosoma cruzi: from 1909 to 1999 Wanderley de Souza PAGE: 17-36

Invasion and Development of Trypanosoma cruzi in Primary Cultures of Mouse Embryo Hepatocytes R Porrozzi, R Soares, M Meuser,C Guguen-Guillouzo, MNL Meirelles PAGE: 117-120

Infection of Triatoma guasayana, Triatoma sordida and Triatoma infestans by Trypanosoma cruzi from a Naturally Infected Opossum Nicolás Schweigmann, Silvia Pietrokovsky, Osvaldo Conti, Mariana Escosteguy, Victoria Bottazzi, Nora Solarz, Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli PAGE: 151-152

Wild Reservoirs Infected by Trypanosoma cruzi in the Ecological Park "El Zapotal", Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México René Roque Solís-Franco , José Adalberto Romo-Zapata, José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra PAGE: 163-164

Simplified Method for Preservation and Polymerase Chain Reaction-amplification of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Human Blood Patricia L Dorn, Simona Selgean, Monique Guillot PAGE: 253-255

Chagas Disease in Ecuador: Evidence for Disease Transmission in an Indigenous Population in the Amazon Region Martha Chico H , Carlos Sandoval, Angel Guevara E, Manuel Calvopiña H, Philip J Cooper, Steve G Reed, Ronald H Guderian PAGE: 317-320

Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi Strains Isolated from Chronic Chagasic Patients, Triatomines and Opossums Naturally Infected from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cloé Duarte Fernandes, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Isabela Penna Cerávolo, Luciano Percival Krug, Pedro G Vidigal, Mario Steindel, Nanci Nardi, Alvaro José Romanha PAGE: 343-351

Genetic Variability and Microdistribution of Triatoma infestans Genotypes and Trypanosoma cruzi Clones in Arequipa Region (Peru) Simone F Brenière , Jenny Lopez, Fernando Vargas, Christian Barnabé PAGE: 401-408

The Infection Rates of Trypanosomes in Squirrel Monkeys at Two Sites in the Brazilian Amazon Mariangela Ziccardi, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira PAGE: 465-470

First Case of Natural Infection in Pigs. Review of Trypanosoma cruzi Reservoirs in Mexico Paz María Salazar-Schettino, Martha Irene Bucio, Margarita Cabrera, Jacobo Bautista PAGE: 499-502

Immune Response to Trypanosoma cruzi Shed Acute Phase Antigen in Children from an Endemic Area for Chagas' Disease in Bolivia Simone Frédérique Brenière, Nina Yaksic,Jenny Telleria, Marie-France Bosseno, François Noireau, Patrick Wincker, Daniel Sanchez PAGE: 503-507

Urban Chagas disease in children and women in primary care centres in Buenos Aires, Argentina Guillermo Moscatelli, Ada Berenstein, Ana Tarlovsky, Susana Siniawski, Miguel Biancardi, Griselda Ballering, Samanta Moroni, Marta Schwarcz, Susana Hernández, Facundo García-Bournissen, Andrés Espejo Cozzi, Héctor Freilij, Jaime Altcheh PAGE: 644-648 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150107

pTcGW plasmid vectors 1.1 version: a versatile tool for Trypanosoma cruzi gene characterisation Fernanda G Kugeratski, Michel Batista, Alexandre Haruo Inoue, Bruno Dias Ramos, Marco Aurelio Krieger, Fabricio K Marchini PAGE: 687-690 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150074

Trypanocidal, trichomonacidal and cytotoxic components of cultivated Artemisia absinthium Linnaeus (Asteraceae) essential oil Rafael Alberto Martínez-Díaz, Alexandra Ibáñez-Escribano, Jesús Burillo, Lorena de las Heras, Gema del Prado, M Teresa Agulló-Ortuño, Luis F Julio, Azucena González-Coloma PAGE: 693-699 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140129

Identification of the nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase of Trypanosoma cruzi Carlos H Niño, Nicolás Forero-Baena, Luis E Contreras, Diana Sánchez-Lancheros, Katherine Figarella, María H Ramírez PAGE: 890-897 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150175

Risk factors associated with Trypanosoma cruzi exposure in domestic dogs from a rural community in Panama Azael Saldaña, José E Calzada, Vanessa Pineda, Milixa Perea, Chystrie Rigg, Kadir González, Ana Maria Santamaria, Nicole L Gottdenker, Luis F Chaves PAGE: 936-944 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150284

Mir-190b negatively contributes to the Trypanosoma cruzi-infected cell survival by repressing PTEN protein expression Cíntia Júnia Monteiro, Suianne Letícia Antunes Mota, Lívia de Figueiredo Diniz, Maria Terezinha Bahia, Karen CM Moraes PAGE: 996-1002 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150184

Behavioural alterations are independent of sickness behaviour in chronic experimental Chagas disease Glaucia Vilar-Pereira, Leonardo Alexandre de Souza Ruivo, Joseli Lannes-Vieira PAGE: 1042-1050 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150300

Commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay versus polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil, Rodolfo Castro, Liane de Castro PAGE: 1-19 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150296

Vaccination of dogs with Trypanosoma rangeli induces antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi in a rural area of Córdoba, Argentina Beatriz Basso, Vanina Marini, Diego Gauna, Maria Frias PAGE: 271-274 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160019

Prevention of congenital Chagas through treatment of girls and women of childbearing age Guillermo Moscatelli, Samanta Moroni, Facundo García-Bournissen, Griselda Ballering, Margarita Bisio, Héctor Freilij, Jaime Altcheh PAGE: 507-509 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140347

Serological based monitoring of a cohort of patients with chronic Chagas disease treated with benznidazole in a highly endemic area of northern Argentina Leticia L Niborski, Vanina Grippo, Sonia O Lafón, Gabriela Levitus, Facundo García-Bournissen, Juan C Ramirez, Juan M Burgos, Margarita Bisio, Natalia A Juiz, Vilma Ayala, María Coppede, Verónica Herrera, Crescencia López, Ana Contreras, Karina A Gómez, Juan C Elean, Hugo D Mujica, Alejandro G Schijman, Mariano J Levin, Silvia A Longhi PAGE: 365-371 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160006

Calculation of the ELISA’s cut-off based on the change-point analysis method for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Bolivian dogs in the absence of controls Frédéric Lardeux, Gino Torrico, Claudia Aliaga PAGE: 501-504 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160119

Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase of Trypanosoma cruzi (TcNMNAT): a cytosol protein target for serine kinases Diana Milena Sánchez-Lancheros, Luis Fernando Ospina-Giraldo, María Helena Ramírez-Hernández PAGE: 670-675 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160103

Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil Expedito JA Luna, Celia R Furucho, Rubens A Silva, Dalva M Wanderley, Noemia B Carvalho, Camila G Satolo, Ruth M Leite, Cassio Silveira, Lia MB Silva, Fernando M Aith, Nivaldo Carneiro Jr, Maria A Shikanai-Yasuda PAGE: 70-74 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160384

Linalool, a Piper aduncum essential oil component, has selective activity against Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigote forms at 4°C Luz Helena Villamizar, Maria das Graças Cardoso, Juliana de Andrade, Maria Luisa Teixeira, Maurilio José Soares PAGE: 131-139 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160361

Role of Trypanosoma cruzi nucleoside diphosphate kinase 1 in DNA-damage responses Chantal Reigada, Melisa Sayé, Fabio Di Girolamo, Edward A Valera-Vera, Claudio A Pereira, Mariana R Miranda DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200019

Chagas disease: national survey of seroprevalence in children under five years of age conducted in 2008 Graciela Russomando, Blanca Cousiño, Zunilda Sanchez, Laura X Franco, Eva M Nara, Lilian Chena, Magaly Martínez, María E Galeano, Lucio Benitez PAGE: 348-353 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160407

Sexual transmission of American trypanosomiasis in humans: a new potential pandemic route for Chagas parasites Perla F Araujo, Adriana B Almeida, Carlos F Pimentel, Adriano R da Silva, Alessandro Sousa, Sebastião A Valente, Vera C Valente, Manuela M Britto, Ana C Rosa, Rozeneide M Alves, Luciana Hagström, Antonio RL Teixeira PAGE: 437-446 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160538

Identification of a type I nitroreductase gene in non-virulent Trypanosoma rangeli Marjorie Montenegro, Claudia Cuervo, Constanza Cardenas, Silvia Duarte, Jenny R Díaz, M Carmen Thomas, Manuel C Lopez, Concepcion J Puerta PAGE: 504-509 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160532

Dipyridamole potentiated the trypanocidal effect of nifurtimox and improved the cardiac function in NMRI mice with acute chagasic myocarditis Sonia Santeliz, Peter Caicedo, Elidiosmar Giraldo, Carmen Alvarez, María-Daniela Yustiz, Claudina Rodríguez-Bonfante, Romina Bonfante-Rodríguez, Rafael Bonfante-Cabarcas PAGE: 596-608 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160499

Can sexual transmission support the enzootic cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi? Adriano Rios, Marcelle Ribeiro, Alessandro Sousa, Fernando Pimentel, Luciana Hagström, Rafael Andrade, Rozeneide M Alves, Ana de Cássia Rosa, Antônio RL Teixeira, Nadjar Nitz, Mariana M Hecht PAGE: 3-8 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170025

Trypanosoma cruzi strain TcIV infects raccoons from Illinois Cailey Vandermark, Elliott Zieman, Esmarie Boyles, Clayton K Nielsen, Cheryl Davis, Francisco Agustín Jiménez PAGE: 30-37 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170230

Complement system contributes to modulate the infectivity of susceptible TcI strains of Trypanosoma cruzi Ruben D Arroyo-Olarte, Ignacio Martínez, Mayra Cruz-Rivera, Fela Mendlovic, Bertha Espinoza DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170332

Single nucleotide polymorphisms of cytokine-related genes and association with clinical outcome in a Chagas disease case-control study from Brazil Lucia Elena Alvarado-Arnez, Angelica Martins Batista, Silvia Marinho Alves, Gloria Melo, Virgínia Maria Barros de Lorena, Cynthia C Cardoso, Isabela Resende Pereira, Cristina Carrazzone, Antonio G Pacheco, Wilson Oliveira Jr, Milton Ozório Moraes, Joseli Lannes-Vieira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170489

Subcellular localisation of FLAG tagged enzymes of the dynamic Subcellular localisation of FLAG tagged enzymes of the dynamic protein S-palmitoylation cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes Cassiano Martin Batista, Felipe Saad, Stephane Pini Costa Ceccoti, Iriane Eger, Maurilio José Soares DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180086

Overexpression of eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) affects susceptibility to benznidazole in Trypanosoma cruzi populations Douglas de Souza Moreira, Ana Paula Duarte, Fabiano Sviatopolk Mirsky Pais, Rosiane Aparecida da Silva-Pereira, Alvaro José Romanha, Sergio Schenkman, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180162

The ?-blocker carvedilol and the benznidazole modulate the cardiac immune response in the acute infection induced by Colombian strain of the Trypanosoma cruzi Aline Luciano Horta, Vivian Paulino Figueiredo, Ana Luisa Junqueira Leite, Guilherme de Paula Costa, Ana Paula de Jesus Menezes, Camila de Oliveira Ramos, Tamiles Caroline Fernandes Pedrosa, Frank Silva Bezerra, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira, André Talvani DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180271

Application of WHO International Biological Reference Standards to evaluate commercial serological tests for chronic Chagas disease Amadeo Sáez-Alquezar, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira, Andressa da Matta Durans, André Valpassos Guimarães, José Abol Corrêa, D William Provance Jr, Pedro Hernan Cabello, José Rodrigues Coura, Pedro Albajar Viñas DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200214

Evaluation of pathogen P21 protein as a potential modulator of the protective immunity induced by Trypanosoma cruzi attenuated parasites Cecilia Pérez Brandán, Andrea C Mesias, Leonardo Acuña, Thaise Lara Teixeira, Claudio Vieira da Silva DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180571

Trypanosoma cruzi down-regulates mechanosensitive proteins in cardiomyocytes Tatiana G. Melo, Daniel Adesse, Maria de Nazareth Meirelles, Mirian Claudia S. Pereira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190593

Extracellular vesicles isolated from Trypanosoma cruzi affect early parasite migration in the gut of Rhodnius prolixus but not in Triatoma infestans Larissa F Paranaiba, Alessandra A Guarneri, Ana C Torrecilhas, Maria N Melo, Rodrigo P Soares DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190217

Antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory activities of ß-lapachone-derived naphthoimidazoles in experimental acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection Cynthia M Cascabulho, Marcelo Meuser-Batista, Kelly Cristina G de Moura, Maria do Carmo Pinto, Thabata Lopes Alberto Duque, Kelly C Demarque, Ana Carolina Ramos Guimarães, Pedro Paulo de Abreu Manso, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado, Gabriel M Oliveira, Solange L De Castro, Rubem FS Menna-Barreto DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190389

Heparan sulfate proteoglycan triggers focal adhesion kinase signaling during Trypanosoma cruzi invasion Tatiana G Melo, Eveline A Coutinho, Mirian Claudia S Pereira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200143

Genomics and functional genomics in Leishmania and Trypanosoma cruzi: statuses, challenges and perspectives Daniella C Bartholomeu, Santuza Maria Ribeiro Teixeira, Angela Kaysel Cruz DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200634

Significance of a neglected tropical disease: lessons from a paradigmatic case of ‘success in translation’ Carlos M Morel DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200277

Parasitological, serological and molecular diagnosis of acute and chronic Chagas disease: from field to laboratory Alejandro Gabriel Schijman, Julio Alonso-Padilla, Silvia Andrea Longhi, Albert Picado DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200444

The translational challenge in Chagas disease drug development Jadel M Kratz, Karolina R Gonçalves, Lavínia MD Romera, Carolina Borsoi Moraes, Paula Bittencourt-Cunha, Sergio Schenkman, Eric Chatelain, Sergio Sosa-Estani DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200501

Geographical origin of chronic Chagas disease patients in Brazil impacts the performance of commercial tests for anti-T. cruzi IgG Amadeo Sáez-Alquezar, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira, Andressa da Matta Durans, André Valpassos Guimarães, José Abol Corrêa, José Borges-Pereira, Patrícia Lago Zauza, Pedro Hernan Cabello, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, David William Provance Jr, José Rodrigues Coura DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210032

A new Trypanosoma cruzi genotyping method enables high resolution evolutionary analyses Christian Macagnan Probst, Myllena de Fátima Alheiros Dias Melo, Daniela Parada Pavoni, Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo, Tainah Silva Galdino, Adeilton Alves Brandão, Constança Britto, Marco Aurelio Krieger DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200538

Antioxidant defence system as a rational target for Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis chemotherapy Ana Maria Murta Santi, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210401

Repositioning drug strategy against Trypanosoma cruzi: lessons learned from HIV aspartyl peptidase inhibitors Leandro Stefano Sangenito, Claudia Masini d’Avila-Levy, Marta Helena Branquinha, André Luis Souza dos Santos DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210386

Perspectives for a new drug candidate for Chagas disease therapy Maria de Nazaré Correia Soeiro DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220004

Translational research in Chagas disease: perspectives in nutritional therapy emerging from selenium supplementation studies as a complementary treatment Tania C de Araujo-Jorge, Roberto R Ferreira DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276220001

Chagas disease affects the human placental barrier’s turnover dynamics during pregnancy Luciana Mezzano, Joana Paola Morán, María José Moreira-Espinoza, María Fernanda Triquell, Julieta Mezzano, Cintia María Díaz-Luján, Ricardo Emilio Fretes DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210304

Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from chronic chagasic patients and non-human hosts in the state of São Paulo, Brazil Thiago Kury Moreno de Souza, Elizabeth Visone Nunes Westphalen, Sansão da Rocha Westphalen, Helena Hilomi Taniguchi, Carlos Roberto Elias, Gabriela Motoie, Ricardo Gava, Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola, Christina Terra Gallafrio Novaes, Noêmia Barbosa Carvalho, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Fátima das Dores da Cruz, Mussya Cisotto Rocha, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda, Paola Andrea Ortiz, Marta Maria Geraldes Teixeira, José Eduardo Tolezano DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220125

Genomic surveillance: a potential shortcut for effective Chagas disease management Sophia Lincoln Cardoso de Azevedo, Marcos Catanho, Ana Carolina Ramos Guimarães, Teca Calcagno Galvão DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220164

Exploring the performance of Escherichia coli outer membrane vesicles as a tool for vaccine development against Chagas disease María Elisa Vázquez, Andrea Cecilia Mesías, Leonardo Acuña, Joseph Spangler, Brenda Zabala, Cecilia Parodi, Meghna Thakur, Eunkeu Oh, Scott Allan Walper, Cecilia Pérez Brandán DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220263

Benznidazole treatment decreases IL-6 levels in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected human adipocytes differentiated from adipose tissue-derived stem cells Leyllane Rafael Moreira, Ana Carla Silva, Cíntia Nascimento da Costa Oliveira, Claudeir Dias da Silva Júnior, Amanda Vasconcelos Nascimento, Kamila Kássia dos Santos Oliveira, Ana Karine de Araújo Soares, Karina Lidianne Alcântara Saraiva, Milena de Paiva Cavalcanti, Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220295

Predictors of Trypanosoma cruzi PCR positivity in patients with chronic Chagas disease Ana Carolina Bastos de Lima, Veronica Gonçalves Mendes, Roberto Rodrigues Ferreira, Lindice Mitie Nisimura, Samuel Iwao Maia Horita, Henrique H Veloso, Andréa R Costa, Gilberto Marcelo S da Silva, Luiz Henrique C Sangenis, Marcelo T Holanda, Lorena Rimolo, Ademir B Cunha, Luciana Ribeiro Garzoni, Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno, Mauro Felippe F Mediano, Otacílio da Cruz Moreira, Constança Britto, Roberto M Saraiva DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230115

Improving in vitro screening compounds anti-Trypanosoma cruzi by GFP-expressing parasites Cleyson Mathias Morais Delvoss, Alexandre Haruo Inoue, Rosiane Valeriano da Silva, Stênio Perdigão Fragoso3, Iriane Eger DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230223

Drug screening and development cascade for Chagas disease: an update of in vitro and in vivo experimental models Maria de Nazaré Correia Soeiro, Policarpo Ademar Sales-Junior, Valeria Rêgo Alves Pereira, Marcos André Vannier-Santos, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Andrea Silvestre de Sousa, Luiz Henrique Conde Sangenis, Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno, Núbia Boechat, Frederico Silva Castelo Branco, Fabíola Barbieri Holetz, Andrea Rodrigues Ávila, Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240057

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