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brooke borel

the university of chicago press • chicago and london

how the bed bug

infiltrated

our bedrooms and

took over the

world

brooke borel

is a science writer and journalist. She is a contributing editor to

Popular Science,

where she authors the blog

Our Modern Plague.

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637

The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London

Printed in the United States of America

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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-04193-3 (cloth)

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-04209-1 (e-book)

DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226042091.001.0001

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Borel, Brooke, author.

Infested: how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world /

Brooke Borel.

pages; cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-226-04193-3 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-226-04209-1 (e-book)

1. Bedbugs—History. I. Title.

QL523.C6B67 2015

595.7'54—dc23

2014035967

This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).

For Mike,

who endured years of bed bug stories

at every dinner party