Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Head louse infestation, which is caused by Pediculus humanus capitis, occurs throughout the world. With the advent of molecular techniques, head lice have been classified into three clades.
Sakone Sunantaraporn +7 more
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Detection of bacterial pathogens including potential new species in human head lice from Mali.
PLoS ONE, 2017 In poor African countries, where no medical and biological facilities are available, the identification of potential emerging pathogens of concern at an early stage is challenging.
Nadia Amanzougaghene +6 more
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Economic Burden Associated with Head Louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) Infestation in Iran
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020 Background: The head louse infestation is a public health issue in the world especially, affecting most people who live in camps, school-aged children and their families. Head lice treatment has economic ramifications that often under calculated. The aim
Mojtaba SALIMI +3 more
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Integrated Pest Management at Home Series: Does your head itch? Facts About Head Lice
EDISMy head is itchy... could I have head lice? What are head lice? How do people get them? How do people inspect for them? How can people treat head lice? What should schools do about head lice? Will pesticides work? Will home remedies work?
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Risk Factors for Human Lice and Bartonellosis among the Homeless, San Francisco, California, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 Homeless persons in San Francisco, California, USA, have been shown to have head and body lice infestations and Bartonella quintana infections. We surveyed a self-selected population of homeless persons in San Francisco to assess infestations of head and
Denise L. Bonilla +4 more
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Preliminary archaeoentomological analyses of permafrost-preserved cultural layers from the pre-contact Yup’ik Eskimo site of Nunalleq, Alaska : implications, potential and methodological considerations [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgements Site excavation and samples collection were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen, with the help of archaeologists and student excavators from the University of Aberdeen University of Alaska Fairbanks and Bryn Mawr ...
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 IntroductionAvian head lice comprise a diverse group of distantly related genera of lice that exhibit a strongly convergent morphology. Due to their lack of free-living stages, their strong morphological adaptations to living on the host’s head, and the ...
Mengjiao Ren +6 more
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Present and future potential of plant-derived products to control arthropods of veterinary and medical significance [PDF]
, 2014 The use of synthetic pesticides and repellents to target pests of veterinary and medical significance is becoming increasingly problematic. One alternative approach employs the bioactive attributes of plant-derived products (PDPs). These are particularly
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Nutrigenomics and immune function in fish : new insights from omics technologies [PDF]
, 2017 This study was funded by BBSRC grant BB/M026604/1.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Krol, Elzbieta, Martin, Samuel A. M.
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Spartan Daily, March 11, 2005 [PDF]
, 2005 Volume 124, Issue 31https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10103/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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