Kissing bugs, also known as triatomine bugs or conenose bugs, are blood-sucking insects that get their nickname from their ...

Triatomine bugs carry it and can infect humans with their bite, the CDC says. Chagas is found only in the Americas, and mainly rural parts of Latin America, the CDC says.

The inch-long triatomine bug is called the "kissing bug" because it has a habit of feeding on blood by biting around the lips and faces of people while they sleep, CNN reported.

Chagas disease is a nasty parasitic illness spread by bites from bloodsucking triatomine bugs. These bugs climb on people's faces at night to feed, biting eyes and lips, which is why they're ...

Bugs called triatomine, carry a disease called Chagas disease. CDC confirmed last week that a triatomine bug was responsible for a July 2018 bite in Delaware, the farthest the bug has been ...

While transmission in the U.S. is rare, Schaffner said that epidemiologists are on the lookout for a rise of the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite or the triatomine insect as temperatures rise due to ...

Triatomine bugs are rarely in any indoor areas or homes in the U.S., but to prevent infestation inside the home, the CDC recommends to seal cracks and around windows, walls, roofs and doors ...

Triatomine bugs (also called reduviid bugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs, cone-nosed bugs, and blood suckers) have been found in the Southern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America: ...

First it was killer bees, fire ants and Asian tiger mosquitoes. Now comes the kissing beetle. The triatomine beetle that carries Chagas disease, the scourge of Latin America, prefers to kiss its vi… ...

News; Deadly Triatomine 'kissing bug' now in 28 US states: What you need to know. Published: Nov. 27, 2015, 6:14 p.m. Nov. 27, 2015, 6:14 p.m.