Potentially Deadly 'Kissing Bug' Found in Delaware After Biting a Child
Photo: CDC, Courtesy James Gathany A potentially deadly insect nicknamed the “kissing bug” was found in Delaware for the first time afterofficials confirmedthat one bit a child in the state. The triatomine bug, which earned its nickname because it typicallybites people on the face, sucks the blood of animals and humans, and can carry Chagas disease, which causes fever, fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting. Of those infected with Chagas, there’s a 30 percent chance that the disease will become chronic, which leads to heart failure, cardiac arrest and an enlarged esophagus or colon,according to Texas A&M University’s Kissing Bug Citizen Science Program....