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Potentially Deadly ‘Kissing Bug’ Spreads to More Than Half of US, Including California
ktla ^

Posted on 11/25/2015 11:29:14 AM PST by BenLurkin

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a potentially deadly insect known as the "kissing bug" has made its way into every southern state, impacting more than half of the United States.

There have been reports of it in California as well, according to CDC, which noted four of the 11 different species of the bug -- also known as triatomines -- have been spotted in the state.

The bug typically feeds on the blood of mammals, including humans and pets, biting them in the lip area.

If the bug is infected with parasites and defecates in the wound, it can lead to Chagas disease, which can be fatal if not treated. However, transmission of the disease between bug and human is "not easy," according to CDC.

The kissing bugs have caused a public health problem in areas of Latin America, where the bugs nest in cracks of substandard housing. Officials estimate that 8 million people in Mexico, Central America, and South America have contracted the illness...

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chagas; illegals; immigration; invasion; kissingbug; openborders
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To: Bobalu

If it was going for demonic, I vote, “Arrived!”


61 posted on 11/25/2015 2:54:55 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I support President Pre-elect Donald J. Trump. Karl Rove, the GOPe, and Leftist's worst nightmare.)
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To: Sergio

One of the disease vectors for Chaga’s in TX is possums. The anal sacs of the varmints is a reservoir for it

The primary wildlife reservoirs for Trypanosoma cruzi in the United States include opossums, raccoons, armadillos, squirrels, woodrats, and mice. Opossums are particularly important as reservoirs, because the parasite can complete its life cycle in the anal glands of this animal without having to re-enter the insect vector. Recorded prevalence of the disease in opossums in the U.S. ranges from 8.3% to 37.5%.

Studies on raccoons in the Southeast have yielded infection rates ranging from 47% to as low as 15.5%. Armadillo prevalence studies have been described in Louisiana, and range from a low of 1.1% to 28.8%. Additionally, small rodents, including squirrels, mice, and rats, are important in the sylvatic transmission cycle because of their importance as bloodmeal sources for the insect vectors. A Texas study revealed 17.3% percent T. cruzi prevalence in 75 specimens representing four separate small rodent species.


62 posted on 11/25/2015 3:11:47 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: Marie

Box elder bugs look similar, but they aren’t Chaga’s bugs.


63 posted on 11/25/2015 3:13:48 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: DaveA37

People in the US, at least in TX, get it, too. It’s not tested for routinely, and sometimes the effects are misdiagnosed as something else such as heart disease or cold.

I know there have been cases here in my central TX county.
I shoot possums and raccoons routinely because they are vectors, and they like to take up residence under, and in the walls of my house.


64 posted on 11/25/2015 3:25:11 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: DaveA37

Crappy autocorrect. I typed COPD, which autocorrect changed to cold.


65 posted on 11/25/2015 3:27:05 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: sockmonkey

I could be wrong. It’s happened before.

I was the interloping ‘yankee’ and that’s what I was told they were.


66 posted on 11/25/2015 3:51:25 PM PST by Marie (Hey GOP... The vulgarians are at the gate.)
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To: BenLurkin

Those bugs can kiss my ass.


67 posted on 11/25/2015 3:59:46 PM PST by Old Yeller (Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)
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To: Marie

They do call box elder bugs kissy bugs or kissing bugs because they crawl all over each other, and mate a bunch. They usually come out, especially around dead leaves on a warm sunny day following a cool spell. They are black and orange, too. They just aren’t the ones who are the Chaga’s bug/kissing bugs.


68 posted on 11/25/2015 4:51:21 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: Sergio

From the article you posted:

“The impact of Chagas disease is not limited to the rural areas in Latin America in which vectorborne transmission occurs. Large-scale population movements from rural to urban areas of Latin America and to other regions of the world have increased the geographic distribution and changed the epidemiology of Chagas disease.”

So, looks like letting in unlimited numbers of unvetted southern 3rd world peasants brings in their 3rd world bugs and diseases with them.


69 posted on 11/25/2015 6:21:56 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: PLMerite

Bugs Bunny was not aimed at kids at all.


70 posted on 11/26/2015 2:49:55 AM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: sockmonkey
The primary wildlife reservoirs for Trypanosoma cruzi in the United States include opossums, raccoons, armadillos, squirrels, woodrats, and mice.

Damm . . . we just had most of that for Thanksgiving.

Kidding aside, thanks for the information. Gives pause to those who were planning on trapping in a SHTF scenario.

71 posted on 11/30/2015 9:59:49 AM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: catnipman

Yup...no doubt a piece of information known and ignored by those in power.


72 posted on 11/30/2015 10:00:51 AM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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