Haematosiphon inodorus is a bed bug that primarily affects birds but it occasionally may feed on humans.
Synonym: poultry bug, Mexican chicken bug
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Cimicoidea
Family: Cimicidae (bedbugs)
Genus: Haematosiphon
These bugs can be found in:
(1) around farms (crevices of farm buildings, chicken coops and fences).
(2) in bird nests
Risk factors for human feeding:
(1) rural farmer
(2) poverty
(3) chickens given access to the sleeping area
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases
