trypanosomiasis

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Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans

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transmission by bats
- In bat: Importance to humans

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added mention of Triatoma infestans as a vector of Chagas disease.	Kara Rogers	Jul 21, 2022
	Invalidated site: MicrobiologyBytes - Trypanosomiasis.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jan 04, 2018
	Added new Web site: MicrobiologyBytes - Trypanosomiasis.	Neha Parwani	Apr 14, 2009
	Media added.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Jul 01, 2008
	Added new Web site: University of Liverpool - Trypanosomiasis.	Grace Young	Dec 17, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998