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>> Ken Proulx: And Dr. Engber, we'll start with you. Why are bed bugs increasing in population
in North Carolina? And What are the primary causes?
>> Dr. Barry Engber: Well, its a couple of things you already mentioned insecticides
there has been a change in insecticides the type of insecticides that are used,
there is probably a lot of resistance this in bedbugs that is developing to insecticides.
There is also a lot more travel. People are visiting different places and a lot of potential
to pick up bedbugs and I think there is also a lot more people living in apartments and
places where bed bugs can spread easily from one unit to another. So, there's a variety
of things that are responsible for it.