Identification of Bloodmeal Sources and<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>Infection in Triatomine Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) From Residential Settings in Texas, the United States

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The host-vector-parasite interactions in Chagas disease peridomestic transmission cycles in the United States are not yet well understood. Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) infection prevalence and bloodmeal sources were determined for adult and immature triatomine (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) specimens collected from residential settings in central Texas. Sequenced cytochrome b DNA segments...

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