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Please tell me, are you contagious after being bitten by bedbugs?
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Bed Bugs: The bite left by a bed bug is not contagious. However, should the bite become secondarily infected, skin to skin contact with another person could potentially pass on the infection. Application of an over-the-counter antibiotic ointment should help prevent infection. Doing whatever is necessary to exterminate the bed bugs would help us all sleep easier.
Answered 7/19/2018
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No: Bedbugs are not known to carry any dangerous pathogens.
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