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Parasitic Infections Also Occur in the United States

Millions of people infected

Photo: An adult triatomine, or kissing bug, with eggs. Triatomines transmit the parasite that causes Chagas disease..
An adult triatomine, or kissing bug, with eggs. Triatomines transmit the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
Photo by CDC/Jim Gathany

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2014.  Most people think parasitic diseases occur in poor and developing countries, or are infections they might pick up on a trip to a foreign country. However, parasitic infections also occur in the United States, and in some cases affect millions of people. Often they can go unnoticed,…

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