Contents

### **Preface XI**


Manuel Sánchez-Moreno, Hebert Luis Hernández-Montiel, Ricardo Francisco Mercado-Curiel, Nicolás Camacho-Calderón and José Antonio de Diego-Cabrera


### **Three Populations of Triatoma rubida: Peridomestic, Domestic and Sylvatic 51**

Edgar Alfonso Paredes González, Gerardo Álvarez Hernandez and Jesús Ortega-García

Preface

this important neglected parasitic disease.

these various species in terms of cuticular hydrocarbon profile.

Inasmuch as Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas had made American trypanosomiasis the cen‐ terpiece—the magnum opus of his life's work, the authors of this book have dedicated their time and efforts and have sacrificed much to heed his call with continuing the battle against

This book contains 11 chapters of indispensable materials significant to advance under‐ standing further this neglected parasitic disease. Some of the chapters contained herein are as follows: "Slowed Development of Natural Products for Chagas Disease, how to Move Forward?" This chapter submits several concerns relative to drug development for Chagas disease. The lag in moving forward can mainly be traced from disinterest of the pharma‐ ceutical industry. There is still no effective chemotherapeutic agent or vaccine for Chagas disease, and the authors present literatures relative to natural products for development as potential phytotherapeutics, which can be translated from the laboratory to the market and economically accessible to all. "Transmitter Insect of Chagas Disease in Northwest Mexico: A Comparative Study of the Cuticular Hydrocarbons Profile of Three Populations of Triato‐ ma rubida - Peridomestic, Domestic, and Sylvatic" provides a deeper understanding on sev‐ eral species of vectors of Chagas disease, both well and rarely studied. This chapter presents factors involved in the transition of vectors from wild to domesticated types and evaluates

Still, millions from different parts of the world are suffering from the debilitating and irrepara‐ ble damage that Chagas disease inflicts upon the body. We hope that the readers of this book would one day, sooner, or later join in the efforts of eradicating this neglected parasitic disease. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Frederick R. Masangkay, associate professor, and Giovanni De Jesus Milanez, instructor IV from the Far Eastern University, Manila, Phil‐ ippines, for their insights. Dearest readers though ordinary and simple individuals they may be, they have selflessly devoted their time and effort in whatever little personal way they can to help in the battle against Chagas disease, they did not neglect Carlos Chagas call.

Research Excellence Center for Innovation and Health Products (RECIHP)

**Veeranoot Nissapatorn**

**Helieh S. Oz**

School of Allied Health Sciences and

Walailak University, Thailand

Department of Internal Medicine University of Kentucky, USA

### Chapter 6 **Eco-Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in Chile 73** Mauricio Canals Lambarri, Andrea Canals Cifuentes, Salvador Ayala, Valentina Tapia-Garay and Dante Cáceres Lillo

