Disease Prevention and Control / Communicable Diseases / Chagas Disease
Rhodnius pallescens, Vector for American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease) en Central America | ||||||||
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The following photographs depict R. pallescens, or chinche in common language, one of the main vectors involved in transmitted American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease) in part of Central America (Panama) and in the northern part of South America. The insect hides in the walls and thatched roofs of humble dwellings, biting the people living there and thereby infecting them with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Photos courtesy of IPCA, Initiative of Central American Countries to Interrupt Vectoral and Trasfusional Transmission of Chagas Disease, and of the technical team of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA / Japanese International Cooperation Agency) working in collaboration with IPCA. Clicking on the image will take the user to the photo in its original size. | ||||||||
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