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

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Paulo Ricardo Criado²  Walter Belda Junior¹  Roberta Fachini Jardim Criado¹  Roberta Vasconcelos E Silva¹  Cidia Vasconcellos¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine

关键词: hemiptera;    bedbugs;    Cimex lectularius;    pyrethrins;    DDT;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-86702011000100014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Bedbugs have been known as a human parasite for thousands of years, but scientific studies about this insect are recent and limited. Cimex lectularius, the common bedbug, was a well-known parasite in human dwellings until the end of the Second World War. Nowadays, bedbugs are considered uncommon in the industrialized world. Anecdotal reports suggest that bedbugs are getting more common in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom. In Brazil, there are few reports about bedbug infestations in the literature. The aim of this article was to alert physicians, especially in Brazil, about this ectoparasitosis, including aspects of the bedbug biology, their parasitism in human host, treatment and prophylaxis.

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