Fleas, ticks and bed bugs
Fleas, ticks and bedbugs are hematophagous invertebrates, that’s blood-eaters. Each has its own particular life cycle and preferences when itching. Apart from causing annoyance, they can transmit diseases of a certain severity like Lyme, and in exceptional cases, even to be mortal.
The following spoke: Joaquim Castellà, parasitologist of the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy of the Veterinary Faculty (UAB), Ferran Segura, doctor of Parc Taulí Hospital – UAB Medicine Faculty, Eduard Durany, technical manager of Anticimex, and Ramon Crehuet and Mercè Ratera, parents of A child afflicted with Lyme disease.