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    • People >
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        • Boehringer Ingelheim Resident
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      • NCVP Alums
      • Clinical Parasitology Support
      • Additional Support
      • Sponsors
    • Parasite Image Database >
      • Protozoa
      • Arthropods
      • Nematodes
      • Trematodes
      • Cestodes
      • Acanthocephala
      • Tick-Borne Disease Agents
    • Case of the Month
    • Teaching and Research Materials >
      • Teaching Specimen Request
      • Parasite Jeopardy Games
      • Parasite Videos
    • Online Resources >
      • Parasitology Board Preparation
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      • Resources for Educators
    • NCVP Board Member Resources
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Cimex lectularius

Cimex lectularius is commonly known as the bed bug. Bed bugs have a painful bite that can annoy humans and animals alike. Although blood feeders, they historically have not been considered major disease vectors. However, recently bed bugs have been shown to transmit Trypanosoma cruzi in an experimental setting. It is currently not known what role bed bugs play in the epidemiology of the hemoflagellate.

Order Orthoptera

​Triatoma spp.

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