Latin America – inside a rancho

France, Pays Jean-François

Epidemiology of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease). Space is fully occupied by various items, and includes large dark areas. Ground is made of dirt, and walls of cracked dry mud. All of that contributes to a high degree of invasion by kissing bugs. Upper insert: a kissing bug is at rest close to a wall crack, in which it can quickly hide.