A new study from the University of Texas at El Paso has found unusually high concentrations of Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), the parasite that causes Chagas disease, in kissing bugs collected near the U.S.–Mexico border. For the study, UTEP researchers collected kissing bugs from El Paso County, Tex. and southern New Mexico, including from yards, […]
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