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Rhodnius kissing bug

Rhodnius prolixus
Ci turam: It is called the kissing bug because it tends to feed on the area around victims' mouths.1
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye màtt laaj na doktoor.
Chenille ak gunóor Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The Rhodnius kissing bug is a blood-feeding insect that feeds on the skin around people's mouths while they sleep. It lives in northern South America and Central America, and it matters because it spreads the parasite that causes Chagas disease.1

Dafay dund ci
Northern South America and Central America1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar, Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Kër
Its wild populations are mainly in savanna and foothills, at altitudes of 500 to 1,500 metres, and are closely linked to palm trees. In Central America it lives only in houses and other buildings near people.1
Guddaay
2 cm (0,8 in)3
réyaayu mag bu yem
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It feeds on the blood of its hosts, which include birds, rodents, marsupials, sloths and reptiles, as well as people. It takes one large blood meal at each larval stage.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Rhodnius kissing bug
Rhodnius kissing bug. Foto: Annika Lindqvist. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Feeds on blood, usually from the area around a sleeping person's mouth1
  • Lives in palm tree habitats in the wild1
  • Found in houses in Central America1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonMàtt laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

It is the main carrier of the parasite that causes Chagas disease in northern South America, and the only carrier in Central America. The parasite is passed in the bug's faeces straight after a blood meal. People can become infected when they scratch the bite and rub the faeces into it, through a blood transfusion, or by eating food contaminated with the bug's faeces.1

Su màttee

  • Ci kawaru chenille yuy jam: dindi leen ak scotch, ginnaaw gi raxas der bi. Bul ko moos.
  • Ci màtt yi: raxas ko te sedal ko. Wutal ndimbal doktoor su yaramu nit ki baaxul walla deret di génn ci yomb.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Rhodnius kissing bug guddaayam lu tollu ci 2 cm (0,8 in)Ab peppu ceeb lu tollu ci 7 mm (0,3 in)Ab pees bu 1 euro lu tollu ci 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
guddu na lu tollu ci trombone

Rhodnius kissing bug ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Its saliva contains lipocalins, which bind the chemical serotonin. This helps stop the host's blood vessels from narrowing while the bug feeds.1

2

Sir Vincent Wigglesworth used this bug to study insect hormones. He showed that removing the head during a larval stage makes the insect develop into an adult early.1

3

Specimens from Venezuela escaped from a research laboratory in San Salvador in 1915 and then spread through Central America, probably helped by travellers carrying them.1

4

Its wild populations have been linked to the transfer of transposons, which are pieces of DNA that move around, between the bug and some of its hosts, such as squirrel monkeys and opossums.1

5

The insect goes through five larval stages, and each one ends in a moult about 12 to 15 days after a large blood meal.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Rhodnius prolixus
Mbooloo
Chenille ak gunóor
Njaboot
Reduviidae2
Toftal
Hemiptera
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar, Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Rhodnius prolixus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Rhodnius prolixus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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