chagas disease

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i want to track the kissing bug population in my area and i would like to see if any have the parasite that causes chagas disease. how should i go about this? what type of equipment/supervision would i need?

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Currently, there are a few different methods which are used in order to diagnose T. cruzi infections (parasite responsible for causing Chagas disease), these include: serological methods (for example ELISA assays and immunoblotting techniques), quantitative PCR (qPCR), xenodiagnoses and microscopy.

You might find the below websites useful.
http://www.elisakits.co.uk/chagas-trypa ... elisa-kit/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 9317301141
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC228976/