Sunday, 19 July 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) - USA: (TX) Triatoma gerstaeckeri

Chagas -- United States
Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologists have seen an increase in "kissing bugs" collected in multiple regions of the state this year [2020]. The insects carry a parasite that can cause potentially fatal Chagas disease in humans and animals. "We have already collected over 300 adult kissing bug specimens [_Triatoma gerstaeckeri_] in a location where we only collected 6 individuals in 2019," said Gabriel Hamer, PhD, AgriLife Research entomologist, College Station. He is also a member of the

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7589727&promed&0

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