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Kissing Bug Intrusions into Homes in the Southwest United States.
Klotz, Stephen A; Smith, Shannon L; Schmidt, Justin O.
Afiliação
  • Klotz SA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
  • Smith SL; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
  • Schmidt JO; Southwestern Biological Institute and Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Insects ; 12(7)2021 Jul 17.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34357314
ABSTRACT
Kissing bugs readily enter homes in the Sonoran Desert and bite the residents. Their saliva is highly antigenic, causing local and systemic skin reactions and life-threatening anaphylaxis. We attempted to determine what characteristics of homesites may have contributed to home intrusion by kissing bugs. Extensive and detailed information about the homes and the home environment was collected from 78 homeowners in Tucson who suffered kissing bug intrusions. Homeowners collected 298 Triatoma rubida in and around their homes. Of the homes entered by kissing bugs, 29 of 46 (63%) contained bugs harboring Trypanosoma cruzi. Although in the aggregate, homeowners were bitten > 2200 times, no individual tested positive for Chagas disease (N = 116). Although yearly intrusion likely occurs in some homes, T. rubida does not domiciliate within homesites in the Desert Southwest. We conclude there is little risk to homeowners for Chagas disease given the current behavior of resident kissing bugs and absent ingesting kissing bug fecal matter.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article