Volume 11, Number 4, April 2005

Bed Bug Infestations in an Urban Environment

Stephen W. Hwang,*† Tomislav J. Svoboda,*† Iain J. De Jong,‡ Karl J. Kabasele,§ and Evie Gogosis*
*St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; †University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ‡City of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and §Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Figure 2. Time course of bed bug infestations in homeless shelters in Toronto. Shaded boxes indicate periods of infestation, X indicates peak period (if reported), and → indicates infestation ongoing as of spring 2004. Sp, spring (March, April, May); Su, summer (June, July, August); F, fall (September, October, November); W, winter (December, January, February).

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