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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar;30(1):63-65.
doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2018.10.002. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

Bite Caused by the Assassin Bug Zelus Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera; Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in a Human

Carlos Eduardo Pereira Dos Santos  1 , José Ricardo de Souza  2 , Régis Adriel Zanette  3 , Felipe Jorge da Silva  4 , Christine Strussmann  5
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Bite Caused by the Assassin Bug Zelus Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera; Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in a Human

Carlos Eduardo Pereira Dos Santos et al. Wilderness Environ Med. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

A 47-y-old man was bitten by a reduviid bug from the Zelus Fabricius, 1803 genus, which was hidden inside a rubber-coated boot. The bite caused immediate and sharp pain, followed by local edema and constant pruritus for 15 d. Pain and fever within the first 24 h were managed with analgesics as needed, and resolution was complete and without sequelae after 21 d.

Keywords: acute pain; local reaction; reduviid; reduviid bug.

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