| 1. | Its reservoir is in wild animals but its vector is a kissing bug.
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| 2. | Insects commonly called " Kissing bugs " carry the Chagas parasite from one human to another.
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| 3. | Because they tend to feed on people's faces, triatomine bugs are also known as " kissing bugs ".
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| 4. | :The name " kissing bug " is given to some members of the family of insects called Reduviidae.
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| 5. | "Rhodnius prolixus " is also known as the kissing bug because it tends to feed on the area around victims'mouths.
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| 6. | The kissing bugs, feeding on the chickens, increase in numbers through the spring, reaching a peak population in the summer.
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| 7. | This species and other " kissing bugs " are vectors of " Trypanosoma cruzi ", the protozoan that causes Chagas disease.
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| 8. | The kissing bug then unfolds a proboscis from beneath its head and pierces your skin, drinking heartily _ for around five minutes.
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| 9. | The Chagas parasite is spread through the feces insects commonly known as " kissing bugs " that take blood from chickens, dogs and humans.
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| 10. | The " vector " for Chagas'_ that is, the means by which people get the parasite _ is a tropical insect called the kissing bug.
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