Officially named Triatominae, these bugs bite around your mouth or eyes, hence their "kissing bug" moniker. The bugs have been around for hundreds of years, but recently garnered attention after ...

That's what we're trying to do now." The results also help establish on a broad scale what bugs should be present in a healthy person's mouth, which could be important in future disease scans.

Bugs escaping from the mouth employ a survival trick that can trigger deadly blood clots. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium ...

"So far, no one has been able to isolate and cultivate this type of bacterium," said Podar, who noted that there are bugs in our mouth that we have no clue about and, until now, this was one of them.