Chagas Disease Prompts Concerns in U.S.

wfmynewsw.com reported in the U.S., few people know about the Chagas disease which is an life-threatening illness passed to humans by “kissing bugs,” or triatomines, living in Latin America. CDC figures that some 300,000 people may be infected here in the U.S. Some 8 million people have Chagas disease, a life-threatening illness passed to humans by “kissing bugs,” or triatomines, living in Latin America. In the U.S., few people know about the disease — but the CDC figures that some 300,000 people may be infected here. In countries like Bolivia, which has the highest rate of Chagas in the world, it’s standard practice to screen expectant mothers for the disease, since they could pass it on to their children. But in the U.S., doctors rarely think to check for the illness. Read Article

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