# The bedbug

Author: United States. Public Health Service

Genre: Category: Science - Biology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72238

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+bedbug+United+States.+Public+Health+Service&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The bedbug is one of the numerous insects which have been suspected of conveying disease to man. Compared with such insect pests as mosquitoes, lice, and fleas, however, its rôle is decidedly a minor one. It has been claimed that the bedbug can take up the microparasites of European relapsing fever, plague, and possibly leprosy, along with the blood of men or animals suffering from these diseases. It is also possible that in rare instances the bedbug may transmit plague or European relapsing fever to man. On the other hand, there is no convincing evidence that the bedbug is the usual and ordinary insect transmitter of these or any other diseases at present known to us.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-bedbug-72238/chapters/1/index.md)