A Delaware girl was bitten by a "kissing bug" over the summer, the CDC said this week. Here's what you need to know about them and Chagas disease.

Origin. A group of researchers reported in October 2014 that the Triatomine bug, a reduviid bug living in the United States, can carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease.

Chagas disease is spread by the triatomine bug -- nicknamed "kissing bugs" -- which carries the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Over time, the parasite can chew through cardiac muscle and cause heart ...

Scientists have their eyes on Chagas disease and the 'kissing bugs' that help spread it. Chagas disease can lead to heart failure and damage to the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract. Roughly 20-30% ...

Bed bugs eat and run, which means a Chagas-infected bed bug would be unlikely to poop on a human. In some of the more unusual conversations I've had with scientists, ...

The kissing bug disease, or Chagas, is endemic in Latin America, where the blood-sucking bugs come out at night to feast, leaving swollen bites near people's lips.

Kissing bugs carrying Chagas are prevalent throughout the southern U.S. and 24 mammal species can act as reservoirs for the disease.

An adult kissing bug, which is responsible for the parasitic Chagas disease and kills 10,000 people annually. An 8-year-old girl in Brazil with Chagas disease, caused by the kissing bug.

State health officials tell NBC 5 Investigates The Kissing Bug has infected at least a dozen Texans with a parasite that causes Chagas disease, a disease typically found in the tropics.

Gwen Pearson, “Bed Bugs Won’t Give You Chagas Disease (probably),” Charismatic Minifauna, Wired.com, November 18, 2014. Chagas disease, the World Health Organization.

Chagas disease is transmitted primarily through an insect called the 'kissing bug' which bites people around the mouth and then can pass along a parasite through people's mouth, nose or breaks in ...