Fight Back: 5 Tips to Protect Against Bed Bugs via Property Management Insider

New information on the apartment industry’s Public Enemy No. 1 is a reminder that vigilance is Job One.

A recent report identifies that bed bugs are capable of transmitting the parasite that causes Chagas disease, which the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) lists as an emerging infectious disease. Bed bugs have been found to carry Trypanosoma cruzi, or T. cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. While these are no typical household names, they are terms to be reckoned with.

With Chagas disease, parasites nest undetected in humans and cause organs to fail over time. Chagas disease has largely been reported in rural or poverty-stricken areas of Latin America from transmission of the parasite through 130 species of blood-feeding insect vectors.

Now, add bed bugs to the list.

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