Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Bacterial Symbiosis in Arthropods and the Control of Disease Transmission

Charles B. Beard*

, Ravi V. Durvasula†, and Frank F. Richards†

Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and †Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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A triatomine bug vector of Chagas disease in the process of feeding. The fecal droplet contains infective trypanosomes and bacterial symbionts. (Photographs courtesy of Robert B. Tesh).

Figure 1. A triatomine bug vector of Chagas disease in the process of feeding. The fecal droplet contains infective trypanosomes and bacterial symbionts. (Photographs courtesy of Robert B. Tesh).

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