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The adult female kissing bug, known as Triatoma rubida.

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The adult female kissing bug, known as Triatoma rubida.

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The disease is caused by a parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which is transmitted by the blood-sucking insect Triatoma infestans.

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This is an immature Bloodsucking Conenose Bug or Kissing Bug in the genus Triatoma, and you do not want to get bitten as they are a known vector for Chagas disease.

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A South American species of kissing bug that we fortunately do not have here (Triatoma infestans) is a big deal there, because it vectors Trypanosoma cruzi, a microbe that causes Chagas disease, with sometimes fatal results.

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March 18, 2009 - Researchers have found living together the known carrier species for the Chagas disease-causing parasite Triatoma dimidiata (also known as "kissing bugs") and a cryptic species that looks the same -- ...

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Researchers have found living together the known carrier species for the Chagas disease-causing parasite Triatoma dimidiata (also known as "kissing bugs") and a cryptic species that looks the same - but is genetically distinct from - the known carrier species.

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A South American species of kissing bug that we fortunately do not have here (Triatoma infestans) is a big deal there, because it vectors Trypanosoma cruzi, a microbe that causes Chagas disease, with sometimes fatal results.

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More information: Dorn PL, Calderon C, Melgar S, Moguel B, Solorzano E, et al. (2009) Two Distinct Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) Taxa Are Found in Sympatry in Guatemala and Mexico.

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