It’s transmitted to people by way of a triatomine insect called a kissing ... may eat bugs that carry the parasite. However, they say, the risk of infection passing from dogs to humans is ...

Contact the IDEAS Lab. The IDEAS Lab at University of Delaware is studying kissing bugs! Although kissing bugs spread a human parasite, they have never been studied in the northeastern US… until now!

also known as the "kissing bug," the parasite finds multiple pathways into the human body. From vector-borne transmission ...

The parasite is transmitted via blood-sucking insects known as triatomines, which often bite the face and are known as ‘kissing bugs’. Humans and other mammals, can become infected when the ...