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In recent years, public health agencies across the country have been overwhelmed by complaints about bed bugs. An integrated approach to bed bug control involving federal, state, tribal and local public health professionals, together with pest management professionals, housing authorities and private citizens, will promote development and understanding of the best methods for managing and controlling bed bugs and preventing future infestations.
Research, training and public education are critical to an effective strategy for reducing public health issues associated with the resurgence of bed bug populations. |
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Offers a fact sheet which provides some specific steps that you can use to prevent hitchhiking bed bugs from infesting your home. |
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Information on identifying bed bug infestations, treating bed bug infestations, searching for bed bugs, preventing bed bug infestations, and other questions and answers. |
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The Michigan Department of Community Health has gathered experts from across the state government, local municipalities and industry groups to develop resources and materials for Michigan. The resources here are fact sheets to assist in bed bug control. |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed this document to highlight emerging public health issues associated with bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) in communities throughout the United States. |
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This unique study show how a canine can sniff out the bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., like other bed bug species, is difficult to visually locate because it is cryptic. Detector dogs are useful for locating bed bugs because they use olfaction rather than vision. Dogs were trained to detect the bed bug (as few as one adult male or female) and viable bed bug eggs by using a food and verbal reward system. |
