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kissing bug
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kissing bug: see assassin bug assassin bug, common name for members of the family Reduviidae, one of the largest and most varied groups belonging to the order Hemiptera (suborder Heteroptera).
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Infected blood-sucking bugs, sometimes called kissing bugs, spread it.
The North American Kissing Bugs are being used to take blood samples from the animals so staff do not have to poke them with needles and syringes.
These single-celled protozoa get shuttled among people and animals by several species of insects called kissing bugs or assassin bugs.
 
 
 
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