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Triatoma sanguisuga
Epidemiology:
- most often found in the southern U.S., Mexico, & Central & South America
- can transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease
- identified in Delaware for the first time April 2019
General
Triatoma
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: arthropod
ORGANISM-CLASS: INSECTA
ORDER: hemiptera
FAMILY: Reduviidae
GENUS: Triatoma
SPECIES: Triatoma sanguisuga
References
- Eggers P, Offutt-Powell TN, Lopez K, Montgomery SP, Lawrence GG.
Notes from the Field: Identification of a Triatoma sanguisuga "Kissing Bug"
- Delaware, 2018.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:359.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6815a5.htm