Bed Bug Bites
Summary: Bed bug bites have become an everyday occurrence. The pest control industry is awash in calls for help. The concern has been voiced that bed bugs may not carry a specific disease, but they could transmit AIDS, for example, from one human to another.
With bed bugs infesting nearly every state in the union, people are beginning to ask, "Do bed bugs carry diseases?" The answer from various disease control centers is, "We don't know for sure, but no one has reported anything yet." That's not a particularly comforting response, but it could be a lot worse.
Bed bug reports were unheard of for decades until 1999. Rarely would a pest control company receive a call about bed bugs. In fact, most U.S. pest control operators had never seen a bed bug. Now, just five short years later, it is not uncommon for pest control companies to receive numerous bed bug calls every week.
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Comments
27 Feb 2009, 08:29
27 Feb 2009, 08:58
Bed bugs do not bite through clothing. Are you sure it's bed bugs? Have you collected any of the insects to have them properly identified? Use double-sided carpet tape around the perimeter of the mattress or back of the headboard. The insects try to crawl across the tape and get trapped.
02 Nov 2009, 01:50