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On the juice? Trypanosoma cruzi vectorial-oral outbreak investigation in a semi-arid rural area of Brazil.
Parasites & vectors - 29 Dec 2025
Ribeiro Gilmar, Frota Juliana Ribeiro Trabuco, de Sousa Silva Nathália Paixão, Barbosa Bárbara Meneses Oliveira, Rios Luana Sampaio, da Silva Luís Cláudio Gualberto, de Araújo Renato Freitas, Pereira Felicidade Mota, de Carvalho Cristiane Medeiros Moraes, Tiernan Niamh Ellen, Bastos Claudilson, Pavan Tycha Bianca Sabaini, Santos Fred Luciano Neves, Castro Marcia C, Navengantes Wildo, Gurgel-Gonçalves Rodrigo, Dumonteil Eric, Herrera Claudia, Reis Mitermayer G
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BACKGROUND: Oral transmission of Chagas disease has been registered in rural and periurban areas of South America. In Brazil, outbreaks have involved food, sugar cane juice, water, or soup contaminated with infected triatomines or their feces. Here, we report an investigation into an acute Chagas disease outbreak in a rural area of the municipality of Serrolândia, in the semi-arid region of Bahia, Brazil....
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