Chagas Disease, a Triatomine Bug-Transmitted Protozoan Infection
Chagas disease is a potentially fatal, chronic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite. It causes 6 to 8 million cases and 50,000 deaths each year. Humans and animals usually become infected with T. cruzi via triatomine bugs, also called kissing or conenose bugs, found only in the...
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The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
2023-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/132108 |