A team of researchers led by Hidemasa Bono of Hiroshima University has sequenced the most complete insecticide-resistant bed bug genome to date and compared it to the genome of an insecticide ...

Their findings were published in the journal Insects. Although there is no evidence that bed bugs transmit diseases to humans, their bites can cause itchy rashes and secondary skin infections.

In addition, in rare cases, fleas can transmit diseases such as plague (Yersinia pestis) and typhus or parasites like tapeworms. Bed bug bites can also cause an allergic reaction. The affected ...