Bugs That Transmit 'Silent Killer' Are Biting More in U.S.
Monday, April 9, 2012 - 06:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Transmitted by bloodsucking kissing bugs, tropical Chagas disease--which afflicts millions in Central and South America--may affect more people in the U.S. than previously thought. Although doctors officially have recorded only seven cases of new human infections in North America, a new study found that five of 13 kissing bugs collected from California and Arizona had bitten a human host--and many of the bugs they collected were infected with Chagas. [More]