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Kissing bugs in Ohio: What to know about insect that causes Chagas disease

Trypanosoma are unicellular, parasitic flagellate protozoa. The still image at the beginning is Trypanosoma brucei brucei, which causes the Nagana disease in cattles in Africa. The picture is taken from a blood smear from rats in which the trypanosomes were propagated. The film shows T. cruzi, the causing agent of the Chagas disease in humans which occurs in South America. The stage shown in the film corresponds to the stage found in the vector Triatoma infestans. However, this sample stems from