Chagas disease is a potentially life threatening disease that typically found in parts of Latin America.  It is also called American trypanosomiasis named after the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which it is caused by.  This parasite and disease is spread through a 6 legged vector, or insect dubbed the “kissing bug” which carries the parasite.  You might be asking yourself why the triatomine bug is nicknamed the “kissing bug”, and the reason is not as cute as the name might let on.  They are called “kissing bugs” because their favorite place to feed, or suck blood, is the face.