Triatoma sanguisuga Blood Meals and Potential for Chagas Disease, Louisiana, USA

To evaluate human risk for Chagas disease, we molecularly identified blood meal sources and prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among 49 Triatoma sanguisuga kissing bugs in Louisiana, USA. Humans accounted for the second most frequent blood source. Of the bugs that fed on humans, ≈40% were inf...

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Autores principales: Waleckx, Etienne, Suarez, Julianne, Richards, Bethany, Dorn, Patricia L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4257814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25418456
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2012.131576
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Sumario:To evaluate human risk for Chagas disease, we molecularly identified blood meal sources and prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among 49 Triatoma sanguisuga kissing bugs in Louisiana, USA. Humans accounted for the second most frequent blood source. Of the bugs that fed on humans, ≈40% were infected with T. cruzi, revealing transmission potential.

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