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      Bed Bug Infestations in an Urban Environment

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          Bed bug infestations adversely affect health and quality of life, particularly among persons living in homeless shelters.

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          Until recently, bed bugs have been considered uncommon in the industrialized world. This study determined the extent of reemerging bed bug infestations in homeless shelters and other locations in Toronto, Canada. Toronto Public Health documented complaints of bed bug infestations from 46 locations in 2003, most commonly apartments (63%), shelters (15%), and rooming houses (11%). Pest control operators in Toronto (N = 34) reported treating bed bug infestations at 847 locations in 2003, most commonly single-family dwellings (70%), apartments (18%), and shelters (8%). Bed bug infestations were reported at 20 (31%) of 65 homeless shelters. At 1 affected shelter, 4% of residents reported having bed bug bites. Bed bug infestations can have an adverse effect on health and quality of life in the general population, particularly among homeless persons living in shelters.

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          Illness after international travel.

          Patrick Ryan, Kevin C. Kain, C. A. M. E. Wilson (2002)
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            Chronic Bartonella quintana bacteremia in homeless patients.

            D Raoult, B Lascola, Ana V. Diez Roux … (1999)
            Infection with Bartonella quintana can cause trench fever, endocarditis, bacillary angiomatosis, and peliosis. An outbreak of bacteremia due to B. quintana has been reported among homeless people in Seattle, and the seroprevalence is high among homeless people in both the United States and Europe. Body lice are known to be the vectors of B. quintana. We studied all the homeless people who presented in 1997 to the emergency departments of the University Hospital, Marseilles, France. Blood was collected for microimmunofluorescence testing for antibodies against B. quintana and for culture of the bacterium. Body lice were collected and analyzed by the polymerase chain reaction and sequencing of a portion of the citrate synthase gene of B. quintana. In 10 of 71 homeless patients (14 percent), blood cultures were positive for B. quintana, and 21 of the patients (30 percent) had high titers of antibody against the organism. A total of 17 patients (24 percent) had evidence of recent infection (bacteremia or seroconversion). Tests of lice from 3 of the 15 patients from whom they were collected were positive for B. quintana. The homeless people with B. quintana bacteremia were more likely to have been exposed to lice (P=0.002), were more likely to have headaches (P=0.03) and severe leg pain (P<0.001), and had lower platelet counts (P=0.006) than the homeless people who were seronegative for B. quintana and did not have bacteremia; 8 of the 10 patients with bacteremia were afebrile. Five patients had chronic bacteremia, as indicated by positive blood cultures over a period of several weeks. In an outbreak of urban trench fever among homeless people in Marseilles, B. quintana infections were associated with body lice in patients with nonspecific symptoms or no symptoms.
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              Bedbugs - back from the brink

              Clive Boase (2001)
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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Emerg Infect Dis
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Emerging Infect. Dis
                Journal ID (publisher-id): EID
                Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
                Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
                ISSN (Print): 1080-6040
                ISSN (Electronic): 1080-6059
                Publication date (Print): April 2005
                Volume: 11
                Issue: 4
                Pages: 533-538
                Affiliations
                [* ]St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
                [† ]University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
                [‡ ]City of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
                [§ ]Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                Author notes
                Address for correspondence: Stephen W. Hwang, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada; fax: 416-864-5485; email: hwangs@ 123456smh.toronto.on.ca
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                Publisher ID: 04-1126
                DOI: 10.3201/eid1104.041126
                PMC ID: 3320350
                PubMed ID: 15829190
                SO-VID: 61f0004b-f941-4afd-a77b-45902b92be4b
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                Subject: Research
                Subject: Research

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Infectious disease & Microbiology
                Keywords: parasites,homeless persons,urban health,research,bed bugs,epidemiology
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Infectious disease & Microbiology
                Keywords: parasites, homeless persons, urban health, research, bed bugs, epidemiology

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