Distantiae Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi: A New Epidemiological Feature of Acute Chagas Disease in Brazil

• Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Trypanosomatid Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• André Luiz Rodrigues Roque,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Trypanosomatid Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Daniele Bilac,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Trypanosomatid Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Vitor Antônio Louzada de Araújo,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Trypanosomatid Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Sócrates Fraga da Costa Neto,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biology and Parasitology of Wild Reservoir Mammals, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Elias Seixas Lorosa,

  Affiliation International and National Laboratory of Reference for Triatominae Taxonomy, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Luiz Felipe Coutinho Ferreira da Silva,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Cartography, Military Institute of Engineering, IME, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Ana Maria Jansen

  * E-mail: jansen@ioc.fiocruz.br

  Affiliation Laboratory of Trypanosomatid Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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