#triatomine

Dr Howard Smith Reports

@drhowardsmith.bsky.social

5 months ago

Kissing Bugs Could Kiss Off Your Life and they are spreading through the USA. They carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease. If not prevented or treated immediately, it is incurable. #kissingbugs #chagas #parasite #trypanosomiasis #triatomine

praying mantis

@gentlem.bsky.social

6 months ago

wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
#cdc.gov
#Chagas-disease
#kissing-bugs
#T.cruzi
#triatomine
#hypoendemic

praying mantis

@gentlem.bsky.social

6 months ago

Deadly kissing bug disease has spread in the U.S. Here's what to know. — CBS News Chagas disease​ is already endemic to 21 countries in the Americas, and growing evidence of the parasite is challenging the non-endemic label in the U.S., the CDC says.

apple.news/AbWHv-UpERU2...
#cdc.gov report on #Chagas-disease linked in article
#kissing-bugs
#triatomine
#T.cruzi
#hypoendemic

RES Publications

@respublications.bsky.social

1 year ago

Graphical abstract of: Automated identification of Chagas disease vectors using AlexNet pre-trained convolutional neural networks

In our new #RESMedVetEnt article, learn about the development of an automated #ChagasDisease vector identification system using #AlexNet pre-trained neural networks for identifying #triatomine species

👀 See the paper buff.ly/xcvs2Bk
@wiley.com #DiseaseVectors #Insects

Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Indiana University

@iuidfellowship.bsky.social

1 year ago

In another study of multiple residential sites in central Texas, a high proportion of the #triatomine specimens found were infected T. cruzi, including 69% of those found inside houses, 81% of those found outside houses, & 82% of those found in dog kennels

Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Indiana University

@iuidfellowship.bsky.social

1 year ago

a study conducted in south Texas, however, large infestations of #triatomine insects were found under solid foundations, including cement patios connected to houses and car garages, and >50% of the insects were infected with #Trypanosoma cruzi

Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Indiana University

@iuidfellowship.bsky.social

1 year ago

Most persons with acute #Chagas are asymptomatic, but some have nonspecific constitutional symptoms or #Romaña’s sign, a painless periorbital and conjunctival injection attributed to #triatomine feces deposited or inadvertently rubbed into the eye. #IDsky

Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Indiana University

@iuidfellowship.bsky.social

1 year ago

Multiple #triatomine species also exist in the southern United States, and enzootic transmission to dogs or small rodents is common. However, local cases of vectorborne #trypanosoma cruzi transmission to humans is rare #chagas #IDsky

Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Indiana University

@iuidfellowship.bsky.social

1 year ago

Infection w/ #Trypanosoma cruzi, or #Chagas disease, is endemic in Latin America. An estimated >300,000 cases of chronic Chagas disease exist in 🇺🇸 , predominantly in immigrants who acquired it through vector-borne transmission from #triatomine insects in their countries of origin #IDsky