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Detection of a Potential New Bartonella Species “Candidatus Bartonella rondoniensis” in Human Biting Kissing Bugs (Reduviidae; Triatominae)

BACKGROUND: Among the Reduviidae family, triatomines are giant blood-sucking bugs. They are well known in Central and South America where they transmit Trypanosoma cruzi to mammals, including humans, through their feces. This parasitic protozoan is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a major publ...

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Autores principales: Laroche, Maureen, Berenger, Jean-Michel, Mediannikov, Oleg, Raoult, Didier, Parola, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5271407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28095503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005297