Bedbugs (Cimicidae infestation): The worldwide renaissance of an old partner of human kind

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Criado, Paulo Ricardo ^a   Junior, Walter Belda ^a   Criado, Roberta Fachini Jardim ^b   E Silva, Roberta Vasconcelos ^a   Vasconcellos, Cidia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASSISTÊNCIA MÉDICA AO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bedbugs; Cimex lectularius; DDT; Hemiptera; Pyrethrins

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; BEDBUG BITE; BRAZIL; CIMICIDAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 79955989658     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(11)70144-1     Document Type: Review

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