Sylvatic host associations of Triatominae and implications for Chagas disease reservoirs: a review and new host records based on archival specimens
Background The 152 extant species of kissing bug include important vectors of the debilitating, chronic, and often fatal Chagas disease, which affects several million people mainly in Central and South America. An understanding of the natural hosts of this speciose group of blood-feeding insects has...
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/3826.pdf |