Bedbugs are attracted to clothes that have been worn, and might be climbing into suitcases that have dirty laundry in them, researchers reported recently.
So people may be unwittingly helping to spread them by carrying around luggage full of dirty clothes, the team at Britains Sheffield University said.
They found bedbugs were twice as likely to creep into bags that held clothing that had been worn usually for just a few hours.
Bedbugs are attracted to the odor of sleeping humans and we suggest that soiled clothing may present a similarly attractive cue, allowing bedbugs to hitch-hike around the world after aggregating in the laundry bags of travelers, the report states.
One thing the report uncovers is that bedbugs cannot climb up the smooth legs of metal luggage racks, or other smooth surfaces. So you should plan to use those racks.
Dirty clothes should also be put in a sealed bag to avoid infestation.
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