Deadly parasite-carrying bugs known as kissing bugs are popping up in Louisiana. The parasite causes Chagas disease and can ...

Chagas disease is spreading in the U.S., raising concerns about infected kissing bugs and gaps in diagnosis and screening.

In the heart of Illinois, while researching wildlife disease, I made a discovery that stunned me: More than half of the raccoons I sampled were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shining a spotlight on a disease that could become endemic in the United States, if not already. Chagas disease, or American ...

A study is asking the Centers for Disease Control to declare Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, an endemic after cases have been reported in eight different states. Since 2013, ...

(NEXSTAR) – Right now in some areas the southern U.S, a significant percentage of dogs are infected with a potentially life-threatening disease — and many of their owners are likely not even aware.

This map, produced with 2018 World Health Organization data, highlights the reported cases of Chagas Disease. While traditionally associated with Latin America, the disease has spread, silently ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 87, No. 7 (Apr., 1990), pp. 2846-2850 (5 pages) A panel of Trypanosoma Cruzi antigens produced by recombinant DNA ...