Business Insider India5y
A parasitic illness from 'kissing bugs' that bite your face at night is spreading - here's how to tell those insects apart from other bugs
In July 2018, a family from Kent County, Delaware reported that a bug had bitten their daughter's face while she was watching ... a type of "kissing bug" that can transmit a parasitic illness ...
National Geographic news4y
A little-known parasite infects 300,000 people in the U.S.
The insect is active at night, searching for a meal—and earned its English-language name “kissing bug” because it generally bites an exposed part of the body such as the face. The feces left ...
University of Delaware8mon
KISSING BUG
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 ...
Nature2y
Chagas collaboration aims to tackle ‘kissing bug’ disease
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 ...