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. 2020 Sep 9:11:e00180.
doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00180. eCollection 2020 Nov.

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

Kyndall C Dye-Braumuller  1   2 , M Katherine Lynn  1 , Rodion Gorchakov  3 , Sarah M Gunter  3 , Rebecca M Berry  3 , Kristy O Murray  3 , Melissa S Nolan  1   3
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Low Trypanosoma cruzi transmission risk to humans in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas

Kyndall C Dye-Braumuller et al. Parasite Epidemiol Control. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Chagas disease; Ectoparasites; Human infection; Mites; Pimeliaphilus; Texas; Triatoma gerstaeckeri; Triatoma protracta; Triatoma rubida; Trypanosoma cruzi.

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Geographic locations of human resident surveillance and triatomine collections.
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