Bed bugs and infectious disease: a case for the arboviruses

Zach N Adelman; Dini M Miller; Kevin M Myles

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003462

Bed bugs and infectious disease: a case for the arboviruses

PLoS Pathog. 2013 Aug;9(8):e1003462. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003462. Epub 2013 Aug 15.

Authors

Zach N Adelman¹, Dini M Miller, Kevin M Myles

Affiliation

¹ Fralin Life Science Institute, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. zachadel@vt.edu

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Arbovirus Infections / transmission*
Arbovirus Infections / virology*
Arboviruses / pathogenicity*
Bedbugs / virology*
Humans
Insect Control
Insect Vectors / virology*

Grants and funding

This work was funded by the Fralin Life Science Institute at Virginia Tech, as well as the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Department of Entomology. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.