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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...
Autores principales: | Waleckx, Etienne, Suarez, Julianne, Richards, Bethany, Dorn, Patricia L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2014
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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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