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03971aam a2200529 i 4500 001 6EE95608CFFA11EB8EAE90AF3DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210618010007 008 210105t20212021oru e b 001 0deng 010 $a 2020057435 020 $a 1951142527 020 $a 9781951142520 035 $a (OCoLC)1230250011 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TH8 $d JAS $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d LEB $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 616.9/363 $2 23 100 1 $a HernaÌndez, Daisy, $e author. 245 14 $a The kissing bug : $b a true story of a family, an insect, and a nation's neglect of a deadly disease / $c Daisy HernaÌndez. 246 3 $a True story of a family, an insect, and a nation's neglect of a deadly disease 250 $a First US edition. 264 2 $a [United States] : $b W.W. Norton, $c [2021] 300 $a 308 pages ; $c 23cm 520 $a Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy HernaÌndez believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases, and even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of a rare illness called Chagas. But as HernaÌndez dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas -- or the kissing bug disease -- is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus. Today, more than three hundred thousand Americans have Chagas. Why do some infectious diseases make headlines and others fall by the wayside? After her aunt's death, HernaÌndez begins searching for answers about who our nation chooses to take care of and who we ignore. Crisscrossing the country, she interviews patients, epidemiologists, and even veterinarians with the Department of Defense. She learns that outside of Latin America, the United States is the only country with the native insects -- the "kissing bugs" -- that carry the Chagas parasite. She spends a night in southwest Texas hunting the dreaded bug with university researchers. She also gets to know patients, like a mother whose premature baby was born infected with the parasite, his heart already damaged. And she meets one cardiologist battling the disease in Los Angeles County with local volunteers. The Kissing Bug tells the story of how poverty, racism, and public policies have conspired to keep this disease hidden--and how the disease intersects with HernaÌndez's own identity as a niece, sister, and daughter; a queer woman; a writer and researcher; and a citizen of a country that is only beginning to address the harms caused by Chagas, and the dangers it poses. A riveting and nuanced investigation into racial politics and for-profit healthcare in the United States, The Kissing Bug reveals the intimate history of a marginalized disease and connects us to the lives at the center of it all"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Chagas' disease. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Epidemics $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Families $x Health and hygiene $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 14 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611015305.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104020901.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012023530.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010022505.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231004011355.0 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230620011811.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20221102013153.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064540.0 952 $l FWPE284 $d 20220505010713.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20220302011920.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20220209011202.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211020011207.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210702015536.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210618010017.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6EE95608CFFA11EB8EAE90AF3DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search