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Triatomines as Vectors of American Trypanosomiasis

  • Balczun C
  • Meiser C
  • Schaub G
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28842-5_12
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Abstract

Triatomine bugs are the biggest blood-sucking insects, with adults up to 41 mm long. They are well adapted to hematophagy, possessing fine mouthparts to ingest blood from the capillaries of the warm-blooded hosts. Hematophagy is supported by the salivary glands, a...

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Balczun, C., Meiser, C. K., & Schaub, G. A. (2012). Triatomines as Vectors of American Trypanosomiasis (pp. 275–299). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28842-5_12

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