Researchers from the University of Florida's Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) and Texas A&M University recently discovered that local kissing bugs in Florida are carrying the parasite that causes Chagas disease, which can be fatal to humans.
This ten-year study, published on July 7, 2025, in the Public Library of Science Neglected Tropical Diseases, involved the collection of over 300 kissing bugs from 23 counties across Florida.
Interestingly, more than one-third of the bugs were found in people's homes.
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