In the reduviid insect vector, T. cruzi epimastigotes replicate extracellularly in the lumen of the gut. |
|
Unlike HIV, a sexually transmitted disease, Chagas disease is caused by a parasite spread through bites from reduviid insects commonly known as kissing bugs. |
|
The disease was transmitted by reduviid bugs, or kissing bugs, which lived in cracks and holes of substandard housing and were found primarily in South and Central America. |
|
Once a reduviid happened to cross paths with me, and excitedly I cupped it in my hands and ran into the house to show my parents. |
|
Notes on the distribution and habits of Reduviid vectors of Chagas' disease in the Southwest United States. |
|