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More Great Links

• University of Kentucky Entomology: Bed Bugs
• Mayo Clinic: Bedbugs
• Harvard School of Public Health: Bed Bugs

Sources

• Pollack, Richard and Gary Alpert. "Bed Bugs." School of Public Health. Harvard University. 2005.
  http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/
• Potter, Michael F. "Bed Bugs." University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Revised August 2008.
  http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef636.asp