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Body-lice under Summer Conditions in Mesopotamia [PDF]
Parasitology, 1920 During the summer months in Mesopotamia body-lice become extremely scarce on man, so much so that it may be difficult to find them even on men who are renowned for lousiness at other seasons of the year. When the nights become cold, as they often do rather suddenly towards the end of November, lice rapidly become numerous, this coinciding with the ...
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Body Louse Pathogen Surveillance among Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Canada, 2020–2021
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe analyzed body lice collected from persons experiencing homelessness in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, during 2020–2021 to confirm vector species and ecotype and to identify louseborne pathogens.
Carl Boodman +8 more
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Pediculosis palpebrarum initially diagnosed as blepharitis
African Vision and Eye Health, 2009 Pediculosis is an infestation of lice. Eyelid involvement is uncommon, but can be caused by pediculus humanus capitis (head louse), rarely by pediculus humanus corporis (body louse) and commonly by phthirus pubis (pubic louse).
J. A. Ebeigbe, A. B. Osaiyuwu
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The Origin of Fleas and the Genesis of Plague [PDF]
, 2015 Human history has been riddled by diseases spread by flea vectors including the bubonic plague. Recently, Madagascar has documented more than 100 cases.
Gillen, Alan L.
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Detection of bacterial pathogens in clade E head lice collected from Niger’s refugees in Algeria
Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background Head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis, are obligate blood-sucking parasites. Phylogenetically, they occur in five divergent mitochondrial clades (A, D, B, C and E), each having a particular geographical distribution.
Meriem Louni +6 more
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The evolution of host specificity in dove body lice
Parasitology, 2011 SUMMARYObjective:Conventional wisdom suggests that parasites evolve increased host specialization over time. Host specificity, which describes the number of host species parasitized, is one aspect of host specialization. Recent studies of vertebrate parasites indicate that highly host-specific parasite lineages are not, in fact, evolutionary dead ends;
Kevin P, Johnson +3 more
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Mass Infection of Body Lice with Rickettsia prowazeki.
Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1947 Summary and ConclusionsThe experiments reported above indicate that human body lice fed once on a typhus-infected guinea pig at the height of the febrile period, and subsequently fed on a typhus-immune human, develop massive infection with Rickettsia prowazeki. In comparison to the rectal inoculation of lice for the preparation of the Weigl type typhus
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Spartan Daily, March 29, 1943 [PDF]
, 1943 Volume 31, Issue 103https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10763/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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