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Blood-sucking 'Kissing Bug' Triatoma Sanguisuga Confirmed in Delaware For First time
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The insect—Triatoma sanguisuga—is a blood-sucking creature that feeds on animals and humans, and has a particular fondness for biting faces. While the bites themselves are not necessarily dangerous, the bugs can transmit a parasite that causes Chagas disease—a potentially serious illness.
Symptoms of the acute phase—which can last for weeks or months, if they occur at all—may include: fever, swelling at the infection site, fatigue, rash, body aches, eyelid swelling, headache, loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, swollen glands and enlargement of the liver or spleen.
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