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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Waleckx, Etienne ; Suarez, Julianne ; Richards, Bethany ; Dorn, Patricia L.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  12S RDNA Blood Meals Chagas Disease Dispatch Louisiana Parasites Triatoma Sanguisuga Triatoma Sanguisuga Blood Meals And Potential For Chagas Disease, Louisiana, USA Trypanosoma Cruzi Vector-borne Infections
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(12):2141-2143.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1e85744775bdf4f17942fbc1be413c79046706157dea76aab9ec728f500d0193
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26340/cdc_26340_DS1.pdf
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