Loading...

Free-roaming Kissing Bugs, Vectors of Chagas Disease, Feed Often on Humans in the Southwest

BACKGROUND: Kissing bugs, vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, are common in the desert Southwest. After a dispersal flight in summer, adult kissing bugs occasionally gain access to houses where they remain feeding on humans and pets. How often wild, free-roaming ki...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Klotz, Stephen A, Schmidt, Justin O., Dorn, Patricia L., Ivanyi, Craig, Sullivan, Katherine R., Stevens, Lori
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4096837/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24398362
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.12.017
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!