Triatomine bugs in the State of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and northeastern portions of Brazil, with special reference to their infection rate with Trypanosoma cruzi
Abstract:The number and species of triatomine bugs collected in houses in the State of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where Chagas disease infection from mothers to infants is frequently reported, and the infection rate of Tmpanosoma cruz in bugs are shewn in this study. The result was that large numbers of Tn'atoma injlestans were collected indoors, their infection rate of 71 cruzi is extremely high, an average of 80.5%; suggesting that the infection cycle of Chagas disease occurs indoors, In addition, because the T, cntzi-IgG … Show more
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