Thursday, 14 December 2023

New Study Expands Knowledge of Kissing Bug Range in U.S.

Overhead closeup of a Triatoma sanguisuga crawling through dead brown grass, facing the bottom left of the photo. The bug has a small, narrow head with an eye to each side of the middle of the head, while its short, broader thorax is followed by long wings folded straight back and laid flat atop its abdomen. The bug is black in color throughout its body, with red around the edge of its thorax and the base its wings, and its abdomen features a flat fringe around the wings that features alternating red and black blocks.

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As climate change raises concerns that many insects that transmit human diseases will expand their range northward, it is critical to document current ranges. A new study details county-level distribution of kissing bugs, which transmit the parasite that causes Chagas disease, in Missouri and Illinois, at the northern border of their current range.

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