Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) – USA: (TX) Triatoma gerstaeckeri
PRO/AH/EDR> Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) – USA: (TX) Triatoma gerstaeckeri
Chagas -- United StatesTexas 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 Read more [...]
