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Medical Definition of Kissing bugs
1. Insect vectors (carriers) of the parasite (called trypanosoma cruzi) which causes chagas' disease (american trypanosomiasis). The reduviid bugs kiss people, especially babies, on the lips while they are asleep infecting them with their parasite. Over 20 million people in the americas have chagas disease. The parasite can also be transmitted by blood transfusion and cross the placenta during pregnancy to infect the foetus. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kissing Bugs
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