title: The 1899 United States Kissing Bug Epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Melissa N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Department of English, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America.
authors.forename: Daisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Rodion
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gorchakov
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Kristy O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hotez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000635:transmission; D058872:Epidemics / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D014224:Triatoma / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology