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High Rate of Texas Bugs Carrying Chagas Disease
Released: 17-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Source Newsroom: University of Texas at El Paso
Newswise ? A deadly parasite that causes Chagas disease is widespread in a common Texas insect, according to a new study by University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) researchers. The finding suggests that the risk of Texans contracting the disease may be higher than previously thought.
Curious to know the prevalence of T. cruzi in west Texas insects, UTEP biologists set traps to collect the bugs at the University?s Indio Mountains Research Station. The station sits about 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Hudspeth County, Texas.
In all, the researchers trapped 39 kissing bugs (Triatoma rubida) and tests revealed that 24 bugs? or 61 percent ? were infected with T. cruzi. The findings were published in the journal Acta Tropica...
High Rate of Texas Bugs Carrying Chagas Disease
Released: 17-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Source Newsroom: University of Texas at El Paso
Newswise ? A deadly parasite that causes Chagas disease is widespread in a common Texas insect, according to a new study by University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) researchers. The finding suggests that the risk of Texans contracting the disease may be higher than previously thought.
Curious to know the prevalence of T. cruzi in west Texas insects, UTEP biologists set traps to collect the bugs at the University?s Indio Mountains Research Station. The station sits about 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Hudspeth County, Texas.
In all, the researchers trapped 39 kissing bugs (Triatoma rubida) and tests revealed that 24 bugs? or 61 percent ? were infected with T. cruzi. The findings were published in the journal Acta Tropica...
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