Bed Bugs Can Transmit Parasite (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Bed Bugs Can Transmit Parasite

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Like the "kissing" bug, bed bugs can transmit deadly parasite via feces, researchers showed.

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Penn Medicine/Robert Press

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