BEDBUGS (BED BUGS): THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Military Medical Academy, Egypt.

2 Consultant of Tropical Medicine and Fever, Egypt.

3 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 115663, Egypt.

Abstract

The common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is an obligate blood-feeding ectoparasite that preferentially feeds on humans. All stages feed on blood and require a blood meal to molt (nymphs) and reproduce (adults). Differential diagnosis of bed bug bites is difficult and insufficient to determine the bed bugs or their extent. Infestation is a worldwide epidemic due to emergence of insecticide-resistant strains.

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