Sheele, Johnathan M Hamid, Osman Chang, Brandon F Luk, Jeffrey H
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Cureus
Introduction Bed bugs are commonly encountered by emergency medical service (EMS) providers. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency with which EMS providers encountered bed bugs, assess their knowledge about bed bugs, and analyze the actions they take after finding bed bugs. Methods We anonymously surveyed 407 EMS providers from...
Pietri, Jose E. Liang, Dangsheng
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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
There is an ongoing need for safe and effective anti-bedbug compounds. Here, we tested the toxicity of three antimicrobial agents against bedbugs when administered orally. We reveal that doxycycline has direct insecticidal activity at 250 μg/ml (0.025%) that is particularly strong against immature bedbugs and appears to be independent of antimicrob...
Sheele, Johnathan M
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Cureus
Cimex lectularius L., the common bed bug, is a hematophagous human ectoparasite. The veterinary drugs, spinosad and fluralaner, were studied for their ability to incapacitate C. lectularius when administered in a blood meal using an artificial feeding system under laboratory conditions. Tested drug doses were based on the reported peak blood levels...
Sheele, Johnathan M Ridge, Gale Li, Xiaolin Schlatzer, Danie Lesser, Elizabeth
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Cureus
Objective To measure the population size and fecundity of the common bed bug Cimex lectularius L. (C. lectularius) after feeding it with the blood obtained from human subjects who have consumed a single dose of ivermectin. Methods Serial blood samples were obtained from two human subjects at hour 0 (control) and 4-96 hours after they received a si...
Sheele, Johnathan M Crandall, Cameron Chang, Brandon F Arko, Brianna L Dunn, Colin Negrete, Alejandro
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Cureus
Introduction Bed bug infestations have risen dramatically in many industrialized nations in recent decades. Most people fed upon by bed bugs will develop a pruritic rash although the frequency with which this occurs is not definitively known and may depend on host factors including the duration of the infestation. Methods Surveys were completed fro...
Berenji, Fariba Moshaverinia, Ali Jadidoleslami, Abbas Shamsian, Aliakbar Doggett, Stephen L Moghaddas, Elham
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Journal of medical entomology
The common bed bug, Cimex lectularius (Linnaeus 1758), is a nocturnal blood-sucking ectoparasite of humans that is highly prevalent in the northeast of Iran. In recent years, the efficacy of those insecticides that have been frequently used to control bed bugs in Iran has not been studied. Due to frequent complaints about bed bug treatment failures...
Sheele, J M Ridge, G E Coppolino, K Bonfield, T Young, A B Gaines, S L McCormick, T S
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Parasite immunology
Little is known about cimicosis, the resultant dermal reaction from feeding activity by the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius L. We fed C. lectularius on human study subjects four times over four weeks and measured serum cytokine and antibody levels, and subjects recorded any cimicosis. The average time for subjects to develop cimicosis decreased wi...
Darles, Chrystelle Pons, Sandrine Gaillard, Tiphaine Fournier, Béatrice Brisou, Patrick
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Annales de biologie clinique
We report three cases of pruritic dermatitis with erythematous maculopapules, having a similar clinical presentation, in summer, and caused by two different arthropods. In wandering diagnosis since sometimes several months, patients have made entomologic investigations in their home. Two of three samples, have shown an infestation by Anobium puncta...
Lee, In-Yong Ree, Han-Il An, Song-Jun Linton, John Alderman Yong, Tai-Soon
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The Korean journal of parasitology
A healthy 30-yr-old woman carrying an insect that had been caught in her living room visited the International Clinic at Severance Hospital, Seoul, in December 2007. The insect she brought was identified to be a nymph of a bedbug, Cimex lectularius, and her skin rashes looked typical bedbug's bites. Her apartment was investigated, and a dead body o...