Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Trypanosoma cruzi
MICROBIOLOGY
- Protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi causes American trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease).
- Transmitted in rural Latin America when feces of infected "kissing bug" (species Rhodnius or triatomine bug, [Fig 1]) inoculated through an insect bite wound or mucous membrane exposure.
- Also present in zoonotic reservoirs/insect vectors in the southern U.S. but transmission to humans is rare.
- See the Life cycle.
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Last updated: July 4, 2022
Citation
Fabre, Valeria. "Trypanosoma Cruzi." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2022. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540113/all/Trypanosoma_cruzi.
Fabre V. Trypanosoma cruzi. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2022. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540113/all/Trypanosoma_cruzi. Accessed May 15, 2025.
Fabre, V. (2022). Trypanosoma cruzi. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540113/all/Trypanosoma_cruzi
Fabre V. Trypanosoma Cruzi [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2022. [cited 2025 May 15]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540113/all/Trypanosoma_cruzi.
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