Chaga's disease is transmitted by -
Chaga's disease: It is transmitted by reduviid bugs. They are also called conenose bugs, they are of large size. Adults have wings. These bugs live exclusively on the blood of animals including man and transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chaga's disease. Ticks are ectoparasites of veebrate animals. They transmit tick typhus, viral encephalitis, viral fevers, tularemia, tick paralysis, Q fever, relapsing fever, KFD. Vector Diseases transmitted Soft tick Relapsing fever, Q fever, KFD (outside India) Hard tick Tularemia, Babesiosis, KFD (India), Tick paralysis, Tick encephalitis, Indian tick typhus, Tick hemorrhagic fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever. REF: PARK'S TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE, 25TH EDITION, PG NO. 841
Hard tick
Soft tick
Sandfly
Reduvid bug
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