The presence of parasitic disease in the US has sounded the alarm bells, as it has long been associated with Latin America, as researchers have warned in them.Chagas disease, transmitted

Endemic, as defined by the CDC, refers to the constant presence and/or the usual prevalence of a disease in a population within a geographic area. The research team is calling for Chagas disease to be reclassified from nonendemic to endemic. Newsweek has contacted the CDC outside of regular working hours via email for comment.

Deadly "kissing bug" disease has spread in the U.S. Here's what to know. Chagas disease​ is already endemic to 21 countries in the Americas, and growing evidence of the parasite is challenging the non-endemic label in the U.

In the past decade, humans reported contracting Chagas disease from 'kissing bugs' in eight states, including Tennessee.

Once thought to be found mainly in Central and South America, Chagas disease has now been detected in 32 states in the U.S., including Florida.

A study is challenging decades of public health assumptions by calling for Chagas disease to be officially recognized as endemic to the United States.