I don't know how common these bugs are in North America or if they carry the parasite like they do in South America, but I catch several of them in and around my home in Northeastern Pennsylvania every year.

It's a good idea to learn to identify them.

#Chagas

Doctors push for more aggressive efforts to fight Chagas disease, a silent killer

The illness causes serious heart disease in an estimated 30% of infected people and can also lead to severe digestive problems.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/doctors-push-aggressive-efforts-fight-chagas-disease-silent-killer-rcna99859

New leads in the quest for better anti-trypanosome drugs
"We performed phenotypic screening against trypanosomes and identified a class of cyanotriazoles (CTs) with potent trypanocidal activity both in vitro and in mouse models of Chagas disease and HAT."
#InfectiousDisease #Chagas #drugdiscovery #trypanosome

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh0614

‘The silent disease’: #Chagas is a killer. Now carriers want their voices heard - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jan/16/the-silent-disease-chagas-is-a-killer-now-carriers-want-their-voices-heard nasty, and little known...

Triatominae on train with me. Here’s hoping it is #Chagas-free