{"product_id":"assassin-bug-triatoma-infestans","title":"Assassin Bug (Triatoma infestans)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Assassin Bug (Triatoma infestans) has earned its ominous common name several times over. Found across South America, this flattened, orange-and-black banded insect is one of the most medically significant creatures on the continent - a nocturnal blood-feeder and the principal vector of Chagas disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTriatoma infestans is the principal vector of Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Commonly known as the kissing bug - a name derived from its habit of biting sleeping humans around the mouth and face - it feeds on blood at night and transmits the parasite not through the bite itself but through its faeces, which are deposited near the wound and rubbed in when the sleeper scratches. It is found primarily in and around human dwellings, hiding in cracks in walls, behind furniture, and in thatched roofing during the day and emerging after dark to feed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChagas disease affects an estimated six to seven million people, primarily in rural communities across Latin America, and Triatoma infestans has been the target of major international control campaigns involving insecticide spraying and housing improvement programmes. These efforts have achieved significant success - the insect has been eliminated from large areas of Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay - but it persists in parts of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. Few insects illustrate so clearly the relationship between poverty, housing quality, and disease - or the difference that sustained public health intervention can make.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (50 × 70 cm | 20 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864086995105,"sku":"APW-BUG-ASB-P-500x700-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (70 × 100 cm | 28 × 40 in)","offer_id":45864087027873,"sku":"APW-BUG-ASB-P-700x1000-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-AssassinBug-mockup-1.jpg?v=1770827029","url":"https:\/\/axisophy.com\/products\/assassin-bug-triatoma-infestans","provider":"Axisophy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}