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Triatoma

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Triatoma /Tri·at·o·ma/ (tri″ah-to´mah) a genus of bugs (order Hemiptera), the cone-nosed bugs, important in medicine as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Tri·at·o·ma (tr-t-m)
n.
A genus of insects that includes important vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Triatoma [tri″ah-to´mah]
a genus of bugs (order Hemiptera), the cone-nosed bugs, important in medicine as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Triatoma
a genus of bugs (order Hemiptera), the cone-nosed bugs, important in human medicine as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi from its natural vectors, dogs, cats, foxes, monkeys and others. Includes Triatoma dimidiata, T. infestans, T. protracta, T. sanguisuga (vector for equine encephalomyelitis).
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Persistence aspects of an epidemic model of Chagas disease by Das, Kalyan; Mukherjee, D. / Tamsui Oxford Journal of Mathematical Sciences
Despite an ongoing eradication campaign, transmission persists in many areas, particulary in the Gran Chaco region of Argentina where Triatoma infestans is the main vector.
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He identified these bugs as a species of Reduvius, but they're now identified as Triatoma infestans, the principal carrier of Chagas disease.
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