Texas: Wichita Falls reports ‘rare’ Trypanosoma cruzi positive kissing bug
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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The City of Wichita Falls, Texas reports a lab test has confirmed that a Triatomine insect, commonly known as the kissing bug", collected in Wichita County has tested positive for the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease. Kissing bugs are a blood feeding type of insect commonly found throughout the Southern United States. Though not new [...]
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