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CHAGAS DISEASE

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Kirchoff L (1998) Blood safety: "Chagas Disease - a tropical illness now in the US". Blood Weekly October 5: 16-17.

Leiby, DA. Present Status of Studies on Trypanosoma cruzi in U.S. Blood Donors (2004). American Red Cross Northern California Region Blood Services, Medical and Scientific updates 99-1.

World Health Organization, Tropical Disease Research (2004). Chagas Disease. World Health Organization,Tropical Disease Research. http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases/chagas/diseaseinfo.htm

Schofield C (1994) Triatominae: Biology and Control. West Sussex, UK: Eurocommunica Publications. 75 pp.

TDR, WHO (2003) Insect vectors and human health. Report of the scientific working group meeting. pp 23-25.

Tyler KM, Engman DM (2001) The life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi revisited. International Journal for Parasitology 31: 472-480.


KISSING BUGS AND ALLERGIES

Arlian L (2002) Arthropod allergens and human health. Annual Review of Entomology 47: 395-433.

Klotz J, Evans W, Klotz S, Pinnas J (2006) Kissing bugs and Public Health. Pest Control Technology April: 42-51.

Lynch P, Pinnas J (1978) "Kissing bug" bites. Triatoma species as an important cause of insect bites in the Southwest. CUTIS 22: 591.

Moffit J, Venarske D, Goddard J, Yates A, deShazo RD (2003) Allergic reaction to Triatoma bites. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 91: 122-128.

Vetter R (2001) Kissing bugs (Triatoma) and the skin. Dermatology Online Journal 7: 6.


KISSING BUGS (others)

Flores G (2005) In the heat of the night. Natural History July-August: 32-37.

Guerenstein P, Lorenzo M, Núñez J, Lazzari C (1995) Baker's yeast, an attractant for baiting traps for Chagas' disease vectors. Experientia 51: 834-837.

Lorenzo M, Reisenman C, Lazzari C (1998) Triatoma infestans can be captured under natural climatic conditions using yeast-baited traps. Acta Tropica 70: 277-284.

Núñez J (1987) Behavior of triatomine bugs. In: Chagas' disease vectors, vol II. Anatomical and Physiological Aspects (Brenner R, Stoka A, eds), pp 1-29. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.

Olson, CA (1996). Kissing Bugs. http://www.arose.net/triatoma/olson.htm.

Schofield C (1979) The behavior of triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): a review. Bulletin of Entomological Research 69: 363-379.

Smith R (1982) Venomous animals of Arizona. Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. 134 pp.

Wood S (1950) Dispersal flight of Triatoma in southern Arizona. Journal of Parasitology 36: 498-499.

Zeledón R, Rabinovich J (1981) Chagas’Disease: an ecological appraisal with special emphasis on its insect vectors. Annual Review of Entomology 26: 101-133.
 
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