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Chagas disease may be "the new AIDS of the Americas," research says

Parasitic infection transmitted by blood-sucking insects that include "kissing bugs"

An inspector in El Carpintero, Honduras, examines a blood-sucking insect believed to be responsible for Chagas disease. (Photo credit should read ELMER MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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