American Council on Science and Health
While the Zika virus from Central America is captivating the U.S. and many audiences around the world, another illness is creeping behind the curtains and across our southern border: Chagas disease. An average human case is transmitted by an infected "kissing bug," but the smootch it delivers is rather nasty........ Texas has seen a significant jump in the number of Chagas cases in the last few years. Over half of Texas kissing bugs are infected with the parasite. Also, infected Texan dogs and rats could pass the parasite along to uninfected bugs. A recent study identifies increased infection risk in Texan hunters, because of the bugs’ abundance in common hunting grounds.....
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