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various triatomine bugs in the
genera Triatoma, Panstrongylus, and Rhodnius. The
primary vectors for
human infection are the
species of
triatomine bugs that...
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disease occurs (from the
southern United States to
northern Argentina), all
triatomine species are
potential vectors of the
Chagas disease parasite Trypanosoma...
- infection. The
triatomine likes the
nests of
vertebrate animals for shelter,
where it
bites and
sucks blood for food.
Individual triatomines infected with...
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infestans and
Rhodnius prolixus. This is also the case for
other sylvatic triatomine species (Triatominae) that are
experiencing similar ecological pressures...
- 2016-09-15.
Could I be
allergic to the bite of a
triatomine bug? -- Yes. The
saliva of
certain types of
triatomines can
cause an
allergic reaction in some people...
- 2021-11-12. "CDC -
Chagas -
General Information -
Triatomine Bug FAQs - Bugs
Commonly Confused with
Triatomine Bugs". www.cdc.gov. 2019-07-15.
Retrieved 2021-12-04...
- blood.
Triatomine bugs are
responsible for the
transmission of a trypanosome,
Trypanosoma cruzi,
which causes Chagas disease. The
Triatomine bugs defecate...
- PMC 4928993. PMID 27386568. Poinar,
George (January 2019). "A
primitive triatomine bug,
Paleotriatoma metaxytaxa gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae:...
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David Sencer points to a
depiction of
Triatomine sp.,
which transmits Chagas disease....
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include biting and blood-sucking
flies such as
mosquitoes and sandflies,
triatomine bugs, lice,
ticks and mites.
Sloths have a
highly specific community of...
