The worldwide resurgence of bed bugs [both Cimex lectularius L. and Cimex hemipterus
(F.)] over the past two decades is believed in large part to be due to the development of …

The increased urbanization of a growing global population makes imperative the
development of sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for urban pest …

Bed bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) are an important group of obligate hematophagous urban
insect pests. The global resurgence of bed bugs, involving the common bed bug, Cimex …

The rapid increase of bed bug populations resistant to pyrethroids demands the
development of novel control tactics. Products combining pyrethroids and neonicotinoids …

Objectives Despite multiple attempts at eradication, many ectoparasites of humans and
domestic livestock remain a persistent problem in the modern world. For many years, a …

Bed bugs are wingless hematophagous ectoparasites that have co-existed with humans
since they first appeared in the caves of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions …

Multifamily housing facilities serving low‐income populations have been at the forefront of
bed bug outbreaks. Research conducted in the past 8 years has consistently proven that …

BACKGROUND Low‐income apartment communities in the United States are suffering from
disproportionally high bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., infestations owing to lack of effective …

Pyrethroid resistance in bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, has prompted a change to combination
products that include a pyrethroid and a neonicotinoid. Ten populations of bed bugs were …

Adaptation to new environmental stress is often associated with an alteration of one or more
life history parameters. Insecticide resistant populations of insects often have reduced fitness …