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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

Up to 100,000 Californians could have potentially fatal ‘kissing bug’ disease previously rarely seen in US

Up to 100,000 Californians have been infected with a potentially fatal disease — without even knowing it.

Chagas disease, caused by a parasite that lives inside so-called “kissing bugs,” has been reported in California and 29 other U.S. states, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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