Yes. Triatomine bugs (also called reduviid bugs, "kissing" bugs, assassin bugs, cone-nosed bugs, and blood suckers) are insects that may be infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
Kissing bugs feed on blood during the night. They are referred to as “kissing bugs” because they prefer to bite humans around the mouth or eyes.
Kissing bugs can live indoors, in cracks and holes of substandard housing, or in a variety of outdoor settings including: beneath porches, between rocky structures, under cement, rock, wood, brush piles, or beneath bark, rodent nests or animal burrows, outdoor dog houses or kennels, chicken coops or houses.
They are typically found in the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America (as far south as southern Argentina).
For more info about "kissing bugs", refer to CDC.gov's Triatomine Bug FAQs.
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