“…In fact, these findings deserve a deep reverence this year, 2009, during the celebrations of the centenary of the discovery of Chagas disease. The entomological studies headed by Deane, Mangabeira Filho, Ferreira, Damascus and others 12,13,15,24 were also very remarkable in those early times . From 19 1937 to 1940, at least scientific papers were published, and this feat is still recognized to date, considering the difficulties imposed by the unusual nature of that 16 enterprise .…”