By Scott Friedman, Eva Parks and Dr. Seema Yasmin
NBC5
DALLAS — State health officials tell NBC 5 Investigates Kissing Bugs have infected at least a dozen Texans with a parasite that causes Chagas disease, a disease typically found in the tropics.
The large bugs are turning up all over the state and research is showing most of them carry a parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, which doctors describe as a silent killer. A person could be infected for years and not know until more serious symptoms set in.
Many Texas researchers are concerned, but statements from the federal government seem to barely acknowledge people are being infected here.
Read full story: Hidden Threat: The Kissing Bug and Chagas Disease