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Kissing Bug , SEM

Kissing Bug. Order - Hemiptera; Family - Reduviidae; Sub-Family - Triatominae. This insect bites humans and is a vector for the parasitic protozoan Chagas Disease. The parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, is transmitted through the insect's feces.. Live, unfixed specimen; natural state.. 48X @ 8"x10" size.

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Kissing Bug , SEM

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Kissing Bug. Order - Hemiptera; Family - Reduviidae; Sub-Family - Triatominae. This insect bites humans and is a vector for the parasitic protozoan Chagas Disease. The parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, is transmitted through the insect's feces.. Live, unfixed specimen; natural state.. 48X @ 8"x10" size

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Album / David Scharf / Science Source

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Keywords:

BITE • BUG (INSECT) • BUG • CHAGAS • CLOSE UP • CLOSE-UP • CLOSEUP • COLOR • CRUZI • DISEASE • ELECTRON • ENLARGEMENT • EYE • EYEBALLS • EYES • FOREGROUND • FRONT • FRONTAL • HEMIPTERA • HUMAN • HUMANE • INDIVIDUAL • INSECT • KISS • KISS, THE • KISSING • MAGNIFICATION • MICROGRAPH • MICROSCOPE • MICROSCOPIC • MONAD • PARASITE • PERSON • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PROBOSCIS • PROTOZOA • REDUVIIDAE • S. E. M • SCANNING • SCHARF • SCIENCE: MICROSCOPE • SEM • TRANSMIT • TRIATOMINAE • TRYPANOSOMA • UNICELLULAR ORGANISM • VECTOR