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Blood-sucking 'Kissing Bug' Triatoma Sanguisuga Confirmed in Delaware For First time
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[ link to www.newsweek.com (secure)] 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.. ... WHAT NEXT!?!?!? ... . Quoting: wisconsin Aint that a 3rd world shithole country disease like from Central America? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 57624044 . ... don't think it is NATIVE to north america ... .
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