People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows ...

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their ...

Kissing bugs that carry the parasite for Chagas disease, a potentially serious tropical condition, have established a base in ...

Bed bugs, like the triatomines, can transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, one of the most prevalent and deadly diseases in the Americas, research has confirmed.

Kissing bugs tend to bite people on the face and near the mouth. They carry a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which can develop into an infection. Triatomine bugs, or triatomines, are native to ...

The cell biology of Trypanosoma brucei has garnered extensive interest due to its unique architecture and its role as the causative agent of African trypanosomiasis. The parasite is distinguished ...

Chagas disease— which is spread by blood-sucking kissing bugs — has a secure foothold in the U.S. and warrants more preventative measures.

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

Trypanosoma are a nasty class of single-celled parasites that cause serious, even fatal, diseases in human and animals. Two species cause sleeping sickness, a disease that threatens all of sub ...

“Trypanosoma can manifest itself as a skin disease. We are collecting mosquito larve, flies, mosquitoes and blood samples of animals in Ratnapura, Balangoda and Embilipitiya for laboratory tests.

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense – Prominent in West Africa, this form of the disease is responsible for 98% of cases. Initial symptoms include intermittent fevers and headaches, ...