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A bug of the large, cosmopolitan family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera, commonly involved in the transmission of [[Chagas disease]] in South America | A bug of the large, cosmopolitan family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera, commonly involved in the transmission of [[Chagas disease]] in South America | ||
| − | [[Image:PHIL 2538 lores.jpg | left | | + | [[Image:PHIL 2538 lores.jpg | left | 400px | Triatoma infestans or the “Kissing Bug”, “Assassin Bug”, or “Cone-Nose Bug”, is a vector for Chagas' Disease. |
Photo courtsey by CDC and Hardin MD, University of Iowa (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hARDIN/MD/cdc/chagas6.html).]] | Photo courtsey by CDC and Hardin MD, University of Iowa (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hARDIN/MD/cdc/chagas6.html).]] | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 23 September 2009
A bug of the large, cosmopolitan family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera, commonly involved in the transmission of Chagas disease in South America
Description: Triatoma infestans or the “Kissing Bug”, “Assassin Bug”, or “Cone-Nose Bug”, is a vector for Chagas' Disease. Photo courtsey by CDC and Hardin MD, University of Iowa (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hARDIN/MD/cdc/chagas6.html).
