Volume 11, Number 4—April 2005
Research
Bed Bug Infestations in an Urban Environment
Stephen W. Hwang*†
, Tomislav J. Svoboda*†, Iain J. De Jong‡, Karl J. Kabasele§, and Evie Gogosis*
, Tomislav J. Svoboda*†, Iain J. De Jong‡, Karl J. Kabasele§, and Evie Gogosis*
Table 1
Reports of bed bug infestations in Toronto, 2003
| Type of location | Calls to pest control operators |
Calls to Toronto Public Health |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. locations treated (%)* | No. treatments (%) | Mean no. treatments per location | No. locations (%) | |
| Single-family dwelling | 588 (70) | 641 (49) | 1.1 | 2 (4) |
| Apartment unit | 155 (18) | 297 (23) | 1.9 | 29 (63) |
| Homeless shelter | 68 (8) | 218 (17) | 3.2 | 8 (17) |
| Hotel | 19 (2) | 96 (7) | 5.1 | 1 (2) |
| Rooming house | 6 (0.7) | 16 (1) | 2.7 | 5 (11) |
| Community center | 5 (0.5) | 5 (0.4) | 1.0 | 1 (2)† |
| University dormitory | 4 (0.5) | 36 (3) | 9.0 | 0 (0) |
| Restaurant | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 1.0 | 0 (0) |
| Other residential institution | 1 (0.1) | 5 (0.4) | 5.0 | 0 (0) |
| Total | 847 (100) | 1,315 (100) | 1.6 | 46 (100) |
*Figures in this column may reflect some double counting of locations (see details in Methods section).
†Infestation located at the clothing bank in a community center.
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