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Infection of Kissing Bugs with Trypanosoma cruzi , Tucson, Arizona, USA

1 Mar 2010

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Triatomine insects (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), commonly known as kissing bugs, are a potential health problem in the southwestern United States as possible vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. Although this disease has been traditionally restricted to Latin America, a small number of vector-transmitted autochthonous US cases have been reported. Because triatomine bugs and infected...

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PMID: 20202413
DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.090648

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