Kissing bugs tend to bite people on the face and near the mouth. They carry a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which can develop into an infection. Triatomine bugs, or triatomines, are native to ...

“Kissing bug” is the common name for a species of bug called triatomines. The bugs get their common name because they tend to leave bite marks on the face. The main risk associated with kissing bugs ...

A man was bitten in the face by a cobra after he tried to kiss it, and is now battling for his life in hospital. A video posted to Twitter by AH Siddiqui shows the man from Karnataka state attempting ...

The problem is that many doctors are unfamiliar with Chagas disease, and that this bug lives in Louisiana, especially in ...

Doctors call it the Kissing Bug because it crawls around your mouth and eyes and bites you as you sleep. The danger isn't in its bite though but its feces. "Patients, when they are sleepy, the part ...

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