Bedbugs

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-352

  Kolb, Adam ^a   Needham, Glen R ^b   Neyman, Kimberly M ^c   High, Whitney A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedbug; Bite; Blood meal; Cimex lectularius; Cimicid; Infestation; Insect; International; Nocturnal; Pyrethroids; Travel

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CIMEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHEMA; FACE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFESTATION; INFLAMMATION; INSECT BITE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LIMB; PAPULE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SECONDARY INFECTION; STEROID THERAPY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BEDBUGS; BEDDING AND LINENS; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; PRURITUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650711486     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01246.x     Document Type: Review

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