Rare Diseases like Chagas and Leprosy are Becoming more Commonplace in the U.S.

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By Julie Fidler

They might be called kissing bugs, but you don’t want a kiss from the triatomine bug. The ugly, winged creatures carry Chagas disease, and it’s spreading so quickly through the southern U.S. that researchers are calling it the new AIDS in the Americas. [1]

Chagas was a once-obscure disease. Found primarily in Latin America and the Southwest, the symptoms of the disease include fever, headache, nausea, and other flu-like symptoms. The disease, which is actually caused by a parasite carried by kissing bugs, can grow serious quickly, causing sudden-onset heart attacks and intestinal problems. According to a National Institutes …read more

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