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Are bed bug infestations on the increase within Greater London?

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Are bed bug infestations on the increase within Greater London?

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Volume:9 Issue:1 Year: 2009L Richards1 MSc BSc, C J Boase2 BSc, Dr S Gezan3 PhD BSc, Dr M M Cameron1 PhD BSc1 Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.2 The Pest Management Consultancy, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 9AF, UK3 Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UKCorrespondence: Dr Mary Cameron, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Telephone +44 (0) 207 927 2337 Email: Mary.Cameron@lshtm.ac.ukAbstractThe objective of the study was to determine whether the number of properties infested with bed bugs in Greater London is increasing. Data sets for seven boroughs within Greater London containing the number of telephone calls received by pest control teams from members of the public seeking treatment for bed bug and other major domestic pest infestations (cockroaches, fleas, mice, rats and Pharaoh’s ants), from January 2000 to June 200