Acknowledgement
We would like to express our gratitude to the member companies of the Korea Pest Control Association and the Infectious Diseases Research Center, Citizen's Health Bureau, Seoul Metropolitan Government that participated in collecting bed bug specimens. Ms. S. Cho was supported in part by the Brain Korea 21 Plus program. This work was supported by grants from the Korea Pest Control Association and Seoul National University Hospital.
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