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Case 5

  • 74 year-old woman from rural New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Had more than 50 insect bites several months after Hurricane Katrina
  • Called in a fumigator who identified triatomine bugs of the reduviid or kissing bug family
  • Dead bugs were tested by PCR and 56% tested positive for the parasite