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Bedbugs have been plaguing humans since ancient times, with the latest resurgence beginning in the late 1990's. Archeological digs have unearthed fossilized bed bugs dating back more than 3,500 years. Bed bugs spread throughout Europe and Asia, reaching Italy by 100 A.D., China by 600 A.D., and Germany and France in the 1200s and 1400s, and are mentioned in medieval European texts and in classical Greek writings back to the time of Aristotle. The earliest record of bedbugs in England is that of 1583. Migrating with European explorers to America, infestations first arose in busy seaport towns, and  later on appearing farther inland. This pattern that was repeated in the late 1990s, with the reports of infestations first coming from such gateway cities as [[New York]], [[Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco]] and [[Miami]]. <ref>http://www.pctonline.com/Article.aspx?article_id=37608</ref>

Bedbugs have been plaguing humans since ancient times, with the latest resurgence beginning in the late 1990's. Archeological digs have unearthed fossilized bed bugs dating back more than 3,500 years. Bed bugs spread throughout Europe and Asia, reaching Italy by 100 A.D., China by 600 A.D., and Germany and France in the 1200s and 1400s, and are mentioned in medieval European texts and in classical Greek writings back to the time of Aristotle. The earliest record of bedbugs in England is that of 1583. Migrating with European explorers to America, infestations first arose in busy seaport towns, and  later on appearing farther inland. This pattern that was repeated in the late 1990s, with the reports of infestations first coming from such gateway cities as [[New York]], [[Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco]] and [[Miami]]. <ref>http://www.pctonline.com/Article.aspx?article_id=37608</ref>

In the 1800's, bedbugs were significant pest in parts of both the ][United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]].  Government Entomologist  Dr. Riley, PhD, described the ubiquity of bed bugs in 1889:

In the 1800's, bedbugs were significant pest in parts of both the United States and the United Kingdom.  Government Entomologist  Dr. Riley, PhD, described the ubiquity of bed bugs in 1889:

{{cquote|I have occasionally met with a favored individual who had never seen a bed bug; but such fortunate people are rare and there are very few housekeepers who have not, by accident perhaps, or through slovenly servants, made the intimate acquaintance of the ubiquitous pest…. It’s odor and the effects of its bites are universally known, and the word “bed buggy” has entered our literature as descriptive of a particular class of odors.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=j1Y7AAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA25&ots=b_vavYWYXE&dq=Entomologist%20%20Dr.%20Riley%2C%20PhD%20bed%20bugs&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false Good Housekeeping Journal], May 25. 1889, p. 25</ref>}}

{{cquote|I have occasionally met with a favored individual who had never seen a bed bug; but such fortunate people are rare and there are very few housekeepers who have not, by accident perhaps, or through slovenly servants, made the intimate acquaintance of the ubiquitous pest…. It’s odor and the effects of its bites are universally known, and the word “bed buggy” has entered our literature as descriptive of a particular class of odors.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=j1Y7AAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA25&ots=b_vavYWYXE&dq=Entomologist%20%20Dr.%20Riley%2C%20PhD%20bed%20bugs&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false Good Housekeeping Journal], May 25. 1889, p. 25</ref>}}