Kissing bugs, also known as triatomine bugs or conenose bugs, are blood-sucking insects that get their nickname from their ...

To help mitigate the spread of Chagas, UF researchers have isolated T. cruzi strains from Florida kissing bugs, started growing the parasites in the lab and conducted experiments to better ...

Known as the kissing bug, this insect carries a parasite that can cause the potentially fatal Chagas disease. "Kissing bugs are not your typical insect.

The black-and-orange insect, sometimes known as the Cone Nose bug, can transmit Chagas, a hard-to-detect disease. Most people don't know they're infected although some report mild, flu-like symptoms.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Kissing bugs, or triatomine bugs, are the primary vector for Chagas disease, a major public health concern in Central and South America and even the southern United States.

Chagas disease occurs due to the bite of a Chagas triatomine insect. Often this insect bites a person's face, hence it is also called Kissing Bug. Know its symptoms and methods of prevention?

Chagas Disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of the infected triatomine bugs, also known as "kissing bugs", which feed on blood and are active mostly at night. Some experts said it ...

Kissing bugs can spread Chagas disease, and you might not even know you were bitten. Here's what kissing bugs look like and how to get rid of them.

Chagas is caused by a parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted through an insect called a triatomine bug - also known as the 'kissing bug'. The bug got its name as it usually bites close ...

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 ...

“Kissing bug is not a very efficient vector of Chagas disease. [Kissing bugs] have to feed on you, they have to defecate,” said Jane Pierce, an entomologist at New Mexico State University. She points ...

Chagas disease is a vector-borne illness, which means it’s passed from bugs to humans and animals. Chagas disease is caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, which is transmitted by kissing bugs.