Detection of Trypansoma cruzi in Kissing Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Collected Across Oklahoma
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab211
Abstract: Abstract Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease in humans and dogs in the Americas. Transmission predominantly occurs via the feces of infected kissing bugs (Hemiptera: family Reduviidae; subfamily Triatominae) contaminating bite site… read more here.
Keywords: cruzi; detection trypansoma; kissing bugs; bugs hemiptera ... See more keywords
Detection of Treponema pallidum DNA in Oropharyngeal Swabs and Whole Blood for Syphilis Diagnosis
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DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001476
Abstract: Treponema pallidum DNA was detected in 27% of 123 oropharyngeal swabs and in 27% of 120 bloods from individuals with untreated syphilis. T. pallidum DNA was detected in 41% of those in whom both oropharyngeal… read more here.
Keywords: oropharyngeal swabs; pallidum dna; blood; dna detected ... See more keywords