NBC晚间新闻 接吻虫咬伤后果严重（在线收听）

These kissing bugs are anything but romantic. The nickname because they often bite people's faces attracted by their breath. Dr. Sarah Hamer studies the blood suckers at Texas A&M University. They're pretty stealthy and elusive because they need to try to find the host. The bugs carry a parasite that can cause Chagas disease. That can be deadly and show up as heart failure years after infection. The bugs are found mostly in Latin America and in the southern US but a girl was recently bitten much farther north in Delaware.

There's a whole range of symptoms which makes it again difficult to diagnose. Those symptoms can include rash, fever and body aches. The bugs occasionally find their way to cracks and homes and emerge overnight. What's the difference between kissing bugs and bed bugs? Bed bugs are adapted to living where people live and in your bed or in your home. kissing bugs or Triatominaes are bugs that live in the wild. So how can you protect yourself? The CDC says to remove wood piles and brush from outside your home and since the bugs are attracted to lights turn them off inside your home when you go to bed.

这些接吻虫一点也不浪漫。这个绰号是因为它们会被人们的呼吸吸引，经常咬人的脸。萨拉·哈默博士在德克萨斯农工大学研究这种吸血的动物。接吻虫非常隐蔽而且难以捕捉，因为他们需要找到寄主。接吻虫携带的寄生虫可以导致查加斯病。此病可致死，感染数年后可出现心力衰竭。接吻虫主要存在于拉丁美洲和美国南部，但最近在更北部的特拉华州的一个女孩被咬了。被接吻虫咬后会出现一些列的症状，这使得它很难诊断。这些症状可能包括皮疹，发烧和身体疼痛。这些虫子偶尔会找到通往裂缝和房屋的路，并在一夜之间出现。接吻虫和床虱有什么区别? 床虱适应生活在人们生活的地方，在你的床上或你的家里。接吻虫是生活在野外的虫子。所以你如何保护自己呢？疾病防治中心表示，要清除屋外的木桩和灌木丛，还有因为接吻虫会被灯光吸引，所以当你上床睡觉时，把灯关掉。