Scientific Reports, 2021 With the development of new metagenomic techniques, the microbial community structure of common bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, is well-studied, while information regarding the constituents of the bacterial communities associated with tropical bed bugs ...
Li Lim, Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid
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Human skin triglycerides prevent bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) arrestment
Scientific Reports, 2021 Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) have proliferated globally and have become one of the most challenging pests to control indoors. They are nocturnal and use multiple sensory cues to detect and orient towards their human hosts.
Sudip Gaire +6 more
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Climbing ability of teneral and sclerotized adult bed bugs and assessment of adhesive properties of the exoskeletal fluid using atomic force microscopy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 We observed that teneral adults (72 h), and sclerotized group 2 (S2) bed bugs (n = 30, height climbed = 2.64 cm at >72 h post molt). When heights from all climbing events were summed, teneral bed bugs (650.8 cm climbed) differed significantly (P< 0.01 ...
Kevin R Hinson +6 more
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Bugging forecast: unknown, disliked, occasionally intimate. Bed bugs in Germany meet unprepared people. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Bed bugs appear to be feared more than vector insects and other household pests. The reasons for this exaggerated fear are not fully understood. One hypothesis is that the folk knowledge on recognising and controlling bed bugs decreased as bed bugs ...
Conrad Seidel, Klaus Reinhardt
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Body lice and bed bug co-infestation in an emergency department patient, Ohio, USA
IDCases, 2020 Body lice and bed bugs are hematophagous insects that parasitize humans. Body lice are established vectors of several bacterial pathogens (e.g. Bartonella quintana, Borrelia recurrentis).
Jose E. Pietri +4 more
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Infestation by pyrethroids resistant bed bugs in the suburb of Paris, France
Parasite, 2012 Bed bugs are hematophagous insects responsible for a re-emerging and challenging indoor pest in many countries. Bed bugs infestations may have health consequences including nuisance biting, cutaneous and systemic reactions.
Durand R. +6 more
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Host Searching and Aggregation Activity of Recently Fed and Unfed Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius L.)
Insects, 2011 Groups of starved, virgin adult male or female bed bugs were stimulated to search for a host by the presence of a heated artificial feeder. Some of the bed bug groups were allowed to obtain a blood meal and some were not. After the removal of the feeder,
Matthew D. Reis, Dini M. Miller
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Horizontal transfer of diatomaceous earth and botanical insecticides in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L.; hemiptera: cimicidae. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Horizontal transfer of insecticide occurs when insects contact or ingest an insecticide, return to an aggregation or a nest, and transfer the insecticide to other conspecific insects through contact.
Yasmin Akhtar, Murray B Isman
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Tropical bed bugs, Cimex hemipterus, which commonly feeds on human blood, may be useful in forensic applications. However, unlike the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, there is no information regarding tropical bed bug, C.
Li Lim, Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid
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Metabolic Resistance in Bed Bugs [PDF]
Insects, 2011 Blood-feeding insects have evolved resistance to various insecticides (organochlorines, pyrethroids, carbamates, etc.) through gene mutations and increased metabolism. Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are hematophagous ectoparasites that are poised to become one of the major pests in households throughout the United States. Currently, C.
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