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English: Triatoma infestans or the “Kissing Bug”, “Assassin Bug”, or “Cone-Nose Bug”, is a vector for Chagas' Disease. Chagas Disease is caused by the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and is transmitted while the insect vector from the family Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae, is blood-feeding on a human host.
Français : Insecte vecteur de la maladie de Chagas
Español: Un insecto (primer estadio) de la especie Triatoma infestans picando. A través de los insectos de esta y otras especies se transmite la enfermedad de Chagas
Português: Triatoma infestans, um dos insectos barbeiros transmissores da doença de Chagas.
Nederlands: Bedwants (Triatoma infestans).
Deutsch: Triatoma infestans-Larve (Kissing Bug).
Polski: Nimfa pluskwiaka Triatoma infestans na ludzkim gospodarzu.
Italiano: Insetto VettoreTriatoma infestans.
Armãneashti: Insectulu vector Triatoma infestans (Bubica tsi bashe).
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