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Authors
Juarez, Jose G.
Moller-Vasquez, Andrea M.
Granados-Presa, María
Pennington, Pamela
Padilla, Norma
Balasubramanian, Sujata
Auckland, Lisa D.
Berganza, Elsa
Liberato, Estuardo Alvarado
Esquivel, Henry
Trampe, Ranferi
Messenger, Louisa A.
Cordón-Rosales, Celia
Hamer, Gabriel L.
Hamer, Sarah A.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R21AI166446–01)
Fulbright US Scholars Program
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Article History
Received: 22 April 2025
Accepted: 12 June 2025
First Online: 4 July 2025
Declarations
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: This research was reviewed by the Research Ethics Committee of Centro de Estudios en Salud at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) which classified it as “Research not involving human subjects” (Protocol No. 270-05-2022). It was also reviewed by the Institutional Animal Care and Use committee of UVG (CEUCA-UVG) and was approved under protocol number I-2022(3)A. Additionally, it was approved by the Texas A&M University´s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC 2022-0001 CA). Human acute Chagas disease cases were part of the national surveillance program of the Guatemalan Ministry of Health. All information shared with UVG had no personal identifiers that could be link to patients. Verbal consent was obtained from homeowners for entomological surveillance.
: Signed consent was obtained from the parent of the acute Chagas disease case, for eye image publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
