Bed bugs (cimex lectularius) and clinical consequences of their bites

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1358-1366

  Goddard, Jerome ^a,b,c   DeShazo, Richard ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXEPIN; PAROXIME; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIMEX; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; ANIMAL; BED; INSECT CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BEDDING AND LINENS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 63849131666     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.405     Document Type: Review

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