Modern world distribution of bed bugs

Data on the increase in the number of bed bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) at the end of the XX century and the beginning of the XXI century in the highly developmental countries of Europe, America and Australia and the reasons for this phenomenon are given. In this review, the hygienic and epidemiological significance of bed bugs discussed. In the organism of bed bugs, such there were found 25 pathogens including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, helminthes, 5 of these pathogenic microorganisms can multiply in bed bugs. The interest on the hepatitis B virus and the possibility of human infection with this virus by inhalation is shown. Attention is paid to the appearance of tropical bed bug in Russia, particularly in the big cities (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Smolensk).