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Low Trypanosoma cruzi transmission risk to humans in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas
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Low Trypanosoma cruzi transmission risk to humans in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas

Kyndall C. Dye-Braumuller, M. Katherine Lynn, Rodion Gorchakov, Sarah M. Gunter, Rebecca M. Berry, Kristy O. Murray and Melissa S. Nolan
Parasite epidemiology and control, Vol.11, pp.e00180-e00180
01/11/2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00180
PMCID: 7511731
PMID: 33005772

Abstract

Chagas disease Ectoparasites Human infection Mites Pimeliaphilus Texas Triatoma gerstaeckeri Triatoma protracta Triatoma rubida Trypanosoma cruzi
In the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, reports of domestic triatomine bites were common (67%), with 36% of residentially collected triatomines positive for Trypanosoma cruzi. Despite the transmission potential, no human infections were detected. Collected Triatoma rubida species were themselves frequently parasitized with mites.
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