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It mentions various downsides of bedbugs but doesn't mention blood borne diseases... Isn't that how it works, if it bit a guy with hepatitis then bit you, you w

It mentions various downsides of bedbugs but doesn't mention blood borne diseases... Isn't that how it works, if it bit a guy with hepatitis then bit you, you will probably get it?

unsupp0rted 3y ago
* for some values of "probably"
thelastgallon 3y ago
While bed bugs carry a lot of stigma, they are not disease carriers. To date, no published study has demonstrated a causal relationship between bed bugs and infectious disease transmission in humans. Also, we present and propose to expand on previous hypotheses as to why bed bugs do not transmit human pathogens. Bed bugs may contain “neutralizing factors” that attenuate pathogen virulence and, thereby, decrease the ability of bed bugs to transmit infectious disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007277/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007277/
- throwaway290 3y ago
  This is awesome. Now I wonder if I'm similarly wrong about mosquitoes... (edit: those suckers do of course transmit, malaria and so on, but not sure about other diseases like hiv or hepatitis, haven't heard of mosquitoes as vector?)
  - Cockbrand 3y ago
    Unfortunately not, they're considered "the world's deadliest animal" https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/2019/world-deadliest-animal.html https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/2019/world-deadlies... [Edit: posted before your edit. Bonus points for the "suckers" pun :) ]
    - throwaway290 3y ago
      Yeah I realized after posting that "do mosquitoes transmit?" is a silly question:)
- idontknoworcare 3y ago
  "Decrease the ability to transmit infection diseases" Why dont they say stop and not decrease ? So they can transmit pathogens ? How did this paper get published
  - bratwurst3000 3y ago
    Thats science slang . Science is rarely absolute.
mmasu 3y ago
I had bed bugs a 15 year ago while living in Bahrain. I had never heard of them or had any idea about what they were (in Italy, where I am from, they are not common at all) so when i started to notice bites all over my legs i did not know what i was facing. But: my sleep quality deteriorated, and with it my personal well being. So while it might be true that they do not bear diseases, if not taken care of they can severely affect your health anyway

It mentions various downsides of bedbugs but doesn't mention blood borne diseases... Isn't that how it works, if it bit a guy with hepatitis then bit you, you will probably get it?

unsupp0rted 3y ago

* for some values of "probably"

thelastgallon 3y ago

While bed bugs carry a lot of stigma, they are not disease carriers. To date, no published study has demonstrated a causal relationship between bed bugs and infectious disease transmission in humans. Also, we present and propose to expand on previous hypotheses as to why bed bugs do not transmit human pathogens. Bed bugs may contain “neutralizing factors” that attenuate pathogen virulence and, thereby, decrease the ability of bed bugs to transmit infectious disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007277/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007277/

throwaway290 3y ago
This is awesome. Now I wonder if I'm similarly wrong about mosquitoes... (edit: those suckers do of course transmit, malaria and so on, but not sure about other diseases like hiv or hepatitis, haven't heard of mosquitoes as vector?)
- Cockbrand 3y ago
  Unfortunately not, they're considered "the world's deadliest animal" https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/2019/world-deadliest-animal.html https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/2019/world-deadlies... [Edit: posted before your edit. Bonus points for the "suckers" pun :) ]
  - throwaway290 3y ago
    Yeah I realized after posting that "do mosquitoes transmit?" is a silly question:)
idontknoworcare 3y ago
"Decrease the ability to transmit infection diseases" Why dont they say stop and not decrease ? So they can transmit pathogens ? How did this paper get published
- bratwurst3000 3y ago
  Thats science slang . Science is rarely absolute.

mmasu 3y ago

I had bed bugs a 15 year ago while living in Bahrain. I had never heard of them or had any idea about what they were (in Italy, where I am from, they are not common at all) so when i started to notice bites all over my legs i did not know what i was facing. But: my sleep quality deteriorated, and with it my personal well being. So while it might be true that they do not bear diseases, if not taken care of they can severely affect your health anyway