“…The role of Cimex lectularius as a vector for blood‐borne pathogen transmission continues to be investigated. Controlled scientific studies have demonstrated in vivo incubation of organisms carrying approximately 20 different human illnesses, including leishmaniasis, American trypanosomiasis, rickettsia, pasturella, tularemia, yersina, Q fever, plaque, relapsing fever, leprosy, oriental sore, and brucellosis (10,49–53). To date, no substantial evidence of transmission of these organisms from bedbugs to humans has been recorded (4,15,54).…”