Contact: Joshua Brown
joshua.e.brown@uvm.edu
802-656-3039
University of Vermont

Lori Stevens, University of Vermont

Caption: A close look at kissing bugs revealed to University of Vermont biologist Lori Stevens that a surprising number of them feast on people. Her new study, published by the US Centers for Disease Control, shows that the bugs might bring a little-known -- but dangerous -- tropical disease north into the US.

Credit: Joshua Brown, 2012

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