As human activity alters the environment, kissing bugs and parasites will ultimately adapt. The geographic range of infected ...

What are kissing bugs? Kissing bugs, or Triatomine bugs, are named so as they tend to bite people on the face and near the ...

June 2024 |Written by: J.K. Peterson, PhD Assistant Professor Medical Entomology University of Delaware Graduate students: Alex Kelley, Hanna Cortes What is a kissing bug? Kissing bugs are insects ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. I grew up believing that my auntie had almost died because she ate an apple in South America. According to the family ...

Based on a photograph, the Delaware Department of Agriculture identified the insect as Triatoma sanguisuga, a type of "kissing bug" that can transmit a parasitic illness called Chagas disease.

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Headline: Red Flag Warning from THU 10:00 AM MDT until THU 9:00 PM MDT Bulletin: ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW ...

We are asking the Houston public to help us collect and test any “kissing bugs”, “chinches” or triatomine vectors from our fair city. Chagas disease is not transmitted from person-to-person like a ...

The parasite is transmitted via blood-sucking insects known as triatomines, which often bite the face and are known as ‘kissing bugs’. Humans and other mammals, can become infected when the ...

Some bugs, like ticks and kissing bugs, can transmit disease, so you might need to see a doctor. Nobody likes bug bites. They are often itchy, irritating, and painful. But despite the annoyance ...