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. 2010 Mar;16(3):400–405. doi: 10.3201/eid1603.090648

Table. Collection sites and collected insects per area, triatomine insects survey, metropolitan Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2006*.

Area No. collection sites 
(% with insects infected 
with Trypanosoma cruzi) No. insects collected
(% infected 
with T. cruzi)
Central 2 (100) 2 (100)
North 1 (0) 2 (0)
Northeast 1 (100) 2 (50)
Northwest 6 (66) 14 (43)
South 0 0
Southeast 3 (66) 11 (45)
Southwest 2 (100) 19 (42)
East 0 0
West 4 (100) 88 (40)

*Information about collection sites was obtained for 139 of the 164 bugs collected. An individual collector from the western area provided an unusually large number of insects (n = 73).