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Analysis of Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) Introductions Into an Academic Medical Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2017

Johnathan Michael Sheele ,
Erika Barrett ,
Obada Farhan  and
Nathan Morris
Johnathan Michael Sheele*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center & Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Erika Barrett
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Obada Farhan
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Nathan Morris
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
*
Address correspondence to Johnathan Sheele, MD, MPH, MHS, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center & Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Ave., B-517K, Cleveland, OH 44106 (jsheele@gmail.com).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , May 2017 , pp. 623 - 624
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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