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Bed Bugs

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Do you remember when going to bed your parents occasionally saying, “Goodnight, don’t let the bed bugs bite? ” Well, according to A. L. Anderson, “bed bugs are making a strong comeback around the world, particularly in developed countries where they have been absent for almost half a century” (Anderson 52). To bring the point closer to home, “all but three states in the United States” have made significant notification of them (Anderson 52). It seems evident that their emergence is likely the effect of the population’s lax and uninformed demeanor towards them. Bed bugs seem to be a superfluous consequence of a cognitive schema that we as a nation have adapted. Bed bug infestations have an adverse effect on health and the quality of life in the general population of the United States of America.
Bed bugs can affect the quality of life in people in numerous ways. Although bed bugs have not been found to actually pass on any infectious diseases, they have been found to carry Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B for up to two weeks.

Works Cited
Anderson, A. L. “Bedbug Infestations in the News: A Picture of an Emerging Public Health Problem in the United States.” Journal of Environmental Health. 70.9 (May 2008): 52-53. Omnifile Full Text Mega. Wilson Web. Lane Library. Armstrong Atlantic State University. 08 June 2009
Goddard, Jerome and Richard deShazo. “Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius) and Clinical Consequences of Their Bites.” Journal of the American Medical Association. 301.13 (April 2009): 1358-1366. CINAHL. EBSCO. Lane Library. Armstrong Atlantic State University. 08 June 2009
Hoover, Eric. “Colleges’ Undercover Battle Against Bedbugs.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. 54.47 (August 2008): A1, A5. Omnifile Full Text Mega. Wilson Web. Lane Library. Armstrong Atlantic State University. 08 June 2009

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  1. Homecare Workers And Bedbugs says:
    July 20, 2009 at 3:55 am

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