Cracks can also develop due to drying shrinkage, thermal and mechanical stresses, or bad quality materials and workmanship, and these should be carefully sealed, especially in walls, to avoid nesting of insects, such as triatomine bugs, which are responsible for the Chagas disease (an illness from which more than 20 million people in the rural areas of Latin America are suffering). ❋ Unknown (1988)
The infected blood-sucking triatomine, causes Chagas disease by passing trypanosomes ❋ Unknown (2010)
The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is the triatomine insect, or "kissing bug," which sucks the blood of mammals - cats, dogs and humans. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Parents 24 and 25 along with their F2 progeny 33 and 36 lived in a triatomine-free region where the possibility of insect vector-transmitted ❋ Mariana M. Hecht Et Al. (2010)
Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis), endemic to South and Central America, is spread by infected triatomine bugs, known as the "kissing bugs," that bite people. ❋ OnEarth Magazine (2010)
Therefore, the researchers held discussions with groups of residents from communities around Arequipa to talk about changes in their communities in the past 40 years, including the communities 'evolving demographics and the historical and current presence of triatomine insects, known locally as chirimachas. ❋ Unknown (2009)
(e.g. the number of infected mosquito bites per person-month) triatomine bugs certain type of crawling bugs that may transmit Chagas disease ❋ Unknown (1996)
a disease of animals and humans caused by Trypanosoma parasites, which are transmitted by tsetse flies in Africa and by triatomine bugs in South and Central America. ❋ Unknown (1996)
Because they tend to feed on people’s faces, triatomine bugs are also known as “kissing bugs.” ❋ Unknown (2008)
a, b, and c were triatomine exposure-free for the previous three decades. ❋ Mariana M. Hecht Et Al. (2010)
d and e lived in contact with triatomine transmitters of ❋ Mariana M. Hecht Et Al. (2010)
b, and c were patients enrolled in a 20-year program for health assistance to chagasic patients in the Federal District, Brazil, where they were free from triatomine exposure for the last three decades. ❋ Mariana M. Hecht Et Al. (2010)
d and e lived in the county of Bomfinópolis, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, where they had been in contact with triatomine transmitters of ❋ Mariana M. Hecht Et Al. (2010)
