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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 | 400px | Triatoma infestans or the “Kissing Bug”, “Assassin Bug”, or “Cone-Nose Bug”, is a vector for Chagas' Disease. | + | [[Image:PHIL 2538 lores.jpg | left | 400px | thumb | 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 | + | Photo courtsey by CDC and Hardin MD, University of Iowa http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hARDIN/MD/cdc/chagas6.html ]] |
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[[Category: Tcruzi]] [[Category:Parasite Life Cycle ontology]] | [[Category: Tcruzi]] [[Category:Parasite Life Cycle ontology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:51, 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
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
