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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Autores principales: Stevens, Lori, Dorn, Patricia L., Hobson, Julia, de la Rua, Nicholas M., Lucero, David E., Klotz, John H., Schmidt, Justin O., Klotz, Stephen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22469536
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.111396
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Sumario: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 transmission of Chagas disease in the United States.

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