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A Method for Evaluating Insecticide Efficacy against Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius, Eggs and First Instars
Published on: March 15, 2017
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Rapid control method of bed bugs infestation by freezing
Dahlia Chebbah1, Nohal Elissa2, Patrick Nicolas3
1Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Bobigny, France; Service Parisien de Santé Environnementale, Sous-direction de La Santé (SPSE), Mairie de Paris, France.
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
|April 19, 2021
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