Bedbugs and infectious diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-210

  Delaunay, Pascal ^a   Blanc, Véronique ^b   Del Giudice, Pascal ^c   Levy Bencheton, Anna ^d   Chosidow, Olivier ^e   Marty, Pierre ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^f  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier d'Antibes Juan les Pins   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Frejus Saint Raphael   (France)

^d LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLAXIS; BEDBUG BITE; CIMEX; CIMEX HEMIPTERUS; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URTICARIA; WOLBACHIA; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL;

EID: 79951819362     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq102     Document Type: Review

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