Improved strategies necessary to combat bed
bug resurgence
Within the past decade, the common bed bug — Cimex
lectularius — has become an increasingly important domestic pest in
the United States and abroad. “Although bed bugs are not vectors of any
pathogens, their bites and exuviae do provoke allergic reactions, and their
socially perceived threat has economically affected hotels, department stores
and other public places,” Rajeev Vaidyanathan, PhD, associate
director of vector biology and zoonotic disease at SRI International in
Harrisonburg, Va., said during a symposium at the American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene 60th Annual Meeting.
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