Triatomine bugs carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease.

There's a parasitic insect that can spread a dangerous disease while it bites you. Here's what you should know about kissing ...

Kissing bugs may sound charming, but with one bite, these insects can spread a dangerous parasitic infection: Chagas disease. Affecting more than 7 million people worldwide, mostly in Latin America, ...

Since 2013, "kissing bugs" have been reported in 31 states, including Florida. While the bugs are here, there have been no reports of people who have contracted Chagas in the United States, but a ...

A kissing big known as an eastern bloodsucking conenose (Triatoma sanguisuga) in Houston, TX Kissing bugs are not the kind of pest or insect most homeowners deal with routinely, but they’re ...

Researchers are advocating for Chagas disease, spread by "kissing bugs," to be classified as endemic in the United States. While cases are not federally tracked, kissing bugs have been found in 31 ...

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Kissing bugs carrying Chagas parasite now found in 32 U.S. states, including Kentucky. Around half of tested kissing bugs carry the parasite; some species reach 70% infection. Conenose bugs in ...

Chagas’ disease, also known as the “kissing bug disease,” is classified as endemic in 21 countries in the Americas. The United States is not one of those countries. The Centers for Disease Control and ...