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Default Drywood termite...Help!

I live in Tucson, AZ. Last week I decided to replace the dated
wallpaper in the kitchen with something more cheerful. Removing the
wallpaper I discovered large areas of (dry) mold, indicating that the
moisture must have been there a while back. But the disturbing
discovery is the presence of drywood termite (black pellets sit in the
bottom plus live termites -- no wings) that literaly did away with the
base board and the studs in a corner area of about 2'x4'. I looked up
the web site managed b the University of Arizona, and it said that the
only control is the removal of the damaged wood with treated pine. I
did that, but my fear is that some termites are still "hiding" deep
inside some of the hard to get-to corner studs. Any advice as to
additonal treatments of the infected area before I re-sheetrock?
Thanks.

 
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