Vector Blood Meals and Chagas Disease Transmission Potential, United States

Vector Blood Meals and Chagas Disease Transmission Potential, United States

A high proportion of triatomine insects, vectors for Trypanosoma cruzi trypanosomes, collected in Arizona and California and examined using a novel assay had fed on humans. Other triatomine insects were positive for T. cruzi parasite infection, which indicates that the potential exists for vector tr...

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Main Authors: Lori Stevens, Patricia L. Dorn, Julia Hobson, Nicholas M. de la Rua, David E. Lucero, John H. Klotz, Justin O. Schmidt, Stephen A. Klotz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Triatominae
Triatoma
insect vectors
feeding behavior
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/4/11-1396_article

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