It's a Small World -- Watch Out for New Diseases Dec 15, 2008
Very common in South and Central America, this disease is most often transferred by the reduviid insect, commonly known as the "kissing bug." Named for its propensity to bite people's faces, the kissing bug is a nocturnal insect that lives in thatched roofs and cracked walls. Because kissing bugs come out at night, it's important for travelers to South and Central America to use insect repellant and treated bed nets if they are not staying in well-constructed, air-conditioned hotels. (Pekin Times, IL)
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It s carried by the bug called the Triatominae, or Kissing Bug. The parasite they carry is the Trypanosoma Cruzi. (Madison County Record, AL)
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Chagas Disease or American trypanosomiasis is caused by a parasite and spread by reduvid bug or Kissing bug ... Blood banks for people in Baton Rouge had one confirmed case traced directly to the Kissing Bug. (New Iberia, LA)
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A kissing bug sucking blood from a giraffe ... Kissing bugs crawl onto the animal and release a pain-reducing enzyme as they bite and suck the blood from veins ... A kissing bug on a tapir. (BBC News -- Science)
Study Shows New Way to Fight Chagas Disease Dec 29, 2007
Chagas disease is usually transmitted to humans by a blood-sucking insect called an assassin bug or a kissing bug. The insect carries a protozoan parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which kills more people in the region each year than any other parasite-born disease, including malaria, Levy said. (MEDLINEplus)
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Chagas disease, known as the kissing bug disease, for which there is no known cure. Dengue fever. (Newsmax)
Chagas disease, a growing health threat in America Nov 7, 2007
For Chagas, the insect is a winged, blood-sucking creature commonly called a conenose, or kissing bug, because it feeds at night, often on uncovered faces. An estimated 8 million to 11 million people in Central and South America and Mexico are infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. (Xinhuanet, China)
First clinic treating Chagas disease opens in LA Nov 6, 2007
Known as the "kissing bug disease," Chagas affects nearly 8 million people worldwide and is spread by bloodsucking insects that usually bite people when sleeping. Some of the symptoms include fever, enlarged lymph nodes, rapid heartbeat and trouble swallowing. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Global Partners Launch Renewed Battle Against Chagas the 'Kissing Bug' Disease Jul 4, 2007
The parasite that causes Chagas disease is called T. cruzi and is mainly transmitted by large blood-sucking insects, sometimes known as 'kissing bugs', which often colonize the homes of poorer rural communities in Latin America. But the parasite can also be transmitted by blood transfusion or organ transplant from infected donors, and occasionally by transplacental passage from infected mother to new-born baby. (PR Newswire)
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Insect-Transmitted Chagas Disease Comes to U.S. Mar 9, 2007
The parasite is carried by Reduviid bugs commonly called cone-nosed bugs or kissing bugs because they feed at night so tend to feed on the face, usually uncovered at night ... Seventeen species of kissing bugs are known to occur in the United States , the most significant of which are Triatoma gerstaeckeri in Texas and New Mexico , and Triatoma sanguisuga, which is more widely distributed across the southeastern United States ... The Chagas parasite is carried by insects commonly called kissing... (Newsmax)
