Open AccessBlood Feeding Insect Series: American Trypanosomiasis - Chagas Disease
Author(s) -
Kevin C. Kobylinski,
C. Roxanne Connelly
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-in650-2006
Subject(s) - chagas disease , trypanosomiasis , disease control , medicine , biology , virology
ENY-726, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Kevin Kobylinski and Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, describes this potentially fatal, chronic disease and the triatomine bugs that transmit it. It discusses the low risk of contracting the disease in Florida or from contaminated blood, and information on control measures. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, July 2006.