Chagas' Disease

Trypanosoma cruzi in monkey heart. Histopathology. Trypanosoma cruzi in blood smear. A collection of Triatoma infestans, or “Kissing Bugs”, “Assassin Bugs”, “Cone-Nose Bugs”, the vector for Chagas' Disease. Triatoma infestans or the “Kissing Bug”, “Assassin Bug”, or “Cone-Nose Bug”, is a vector for Chagas' Disease. This child from Panama is suffering from Chagas disease manifested as an acute infection with swelling of the right eye. This is a micrograph of Trypanosoma cruzi in a blood smear using Giemsa staining technique. This is a micrograph of Trypanosoma cruzi in a blood smear using Giemsa staining technique. This illustration depicts the life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of American Trypanosomiasis. This kissing bug, Triatoma infestans, was photographed during a 1972 study of disease carriers in migrant labor camps.