Bast warns that these bugs can carry a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi that causes Chagas disease. What is a kissing bug? "Kissing bugs, also known as triatomines, cone-nose bugs, or chinches ...

The feces left by the bug near its bite carry the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, which can be spread to the wound when the bite is rubbed or scratched. Gabriel Hamer/TAMU If we have kissing bugs ...

Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi), transmitted by triatomines (kissing bugs), affects by some estimates as many as 9-10 million people around the world. In total, ...

Listed as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization (WHO), Chagas is a potentially fatal illness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasite is transmitted via blood ...

Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, finds its roots ... with the bite of the triatomine bug, also known as the "kissing bug," the parasite finds multiple pathways ...

Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which is harbored by many different wi | Clinical And Molecular Dx ...

Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma ... triatomine bugs, also known as "kissing bugs." ...

Experts at the University of Dundee have joined the fight against a potentially fatal parasitic disease affecting millions of people worldwide.

Chagas disease is an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Animals and people normally get Chagas ... We are asking the Houston public to help us collect and test any “kissing bugs”, ...