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Triatomine bugs — known as kissing bugs — are nocturnal, blood-sucking insects that carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease. They are known to bite areas on the face, such as the eye or ...

Common insect bites or stings come from bugs like chiggers, bees, spiders, fleas, bed bugs, mosquitoes, kissing bugs, and ...

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 ...

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 by the bug near its bite carry ...

WASHINGTON, July 19. -- According to Dr. L.O. Howard, Chief of the Division of Entomology of the Agricultural Department, the much advertised kissing bug is an old acquaintance of ours ...

The insect vectors are called triatomine bugs or “kissing bugs” or “chinches ... Because they tend to feed on people's faces, triatomine bugs are also known as "kissing bugs." But, these bugs can bite ...

Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is primarily transmitted through insect vectors known as triatomines, or kissing bugs. These blood-feeding insects play a crucial role in ...