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The riskier blood or organ donors are those who come from areas where the prevalence of infection is high; there is also an increased risk in places with a great number of immigrants from Mexico, Chile, El Salvador, Colombia, Bolivia, and other Latin American countries. The most effective form of prevention is to avoid blood use from donors of countries where Chagas disease is endemic, or performing serological screening for *T. cruzi* exclusively on donors from these

This lack of knowledge and awareness of Chagas disease and its relationship with triatomines can be considered a major barrier for vector control, as it likely results in communities having

Concrete recommendations for preventive actions are needed for the national and international visitors from endemic and non-endemic countries, focusing on vector control, spreading information and screening in health procedures, all of this should be following a structure

**1.** Tourism providers and local government from traveler's country of origin must inform about the Chagas disease in this area, its changing nature of ecology, of where no formal measures

**2.** Protect yourself and your pets from the vector, as they are also warm-blooded hosts and sentinels of this disease, they should be required to have a good insecticide or repellent. **3.** Hotels and resorts should also have their own vector control plan, as they do with mosquitoes and other insects, keeping their green areas clean and not having palm roofs or other

**4.** Touristic areas such as ruins, colonial cities and other attractions in endemic zones must be

**5.** If receiving medical attention, particularly blood transfusions after an accident, labor or any other conditions, screening for Chagas Disease is important, due to lots of donors could have been previously exposed, have history of CD or the receiver is a female on

Providing acute information and taking the corresponding recommendations could allow reduce the travel-associated risks of Chagas disease infections in this *T cruzi* endemic region from southern of Mexico, and where the CD which is now extended and widely stablished as

Chagas disease is as a neglected tropical disease that must be considered by people willing to travel to endemic zones, such as the Yucatan Peninsula. Travelers must be aware of the potential risk that exist in the areas they will be interacting in, such as public or resort beaches, archeological places, parks, rural areas and even yards; it is crucial for everyone traveling to correctly identify the vector, and to use properly insecticides to prevent the

fumigated regularly, as a control for the vector, which could be easily attacked.

limited interest in and motivation for eliminating triatomines [38].

cracks and holes that could lead to unwanted triatomines.

reproductive age, with a higher risk of vertical transmission.

to control or eradicate it have been taken.

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well in urban and rural areas.

**3. Conclusions**

countries [37].

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The authors declare no conflict of interests.
