The occurrence of Rickettsia-like bodies in the Reduviid bug Triatoma rubrofasciata and their transmission to laboratory animals

Abstract

1. Rickettsia-like bodies are recorded from the reduviid bug, Triatoma rubrofasciata.2. These Rickettsiae are capable of being transmitted hereditarily and have been found in the unhatched embryos and larvae of the bug.3. They produce pathological lesions in laboratory animals and can be maintained for at least five passages through guinea-pigs.