Detection and Genetic Diversity of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts in Human Lice Based on 16S-rRNA Gene. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepCandidatus Riesia pediculicola and Wolbachia were found in 79.6% and 95.2% of head lice, and 81.8% and 100% of body lice. Candidatus Riesia pthiripubis and Wolbachia appeared in 41.7% and 75% of pubic lice. Maximum‐likelihood 16S‐rRNA phylogeny revealed substantial heterogeneity within symbiont populations. ABSTRACT Human lice are obligate bloodsucking
Marteau A, Brun S, Izri A, Akhoundi M.
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Farmed salmonids drive the abundance, ecology and evolution of parasitic salmon lice in Norway
Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2021 Sea cage fish farming is typically open to the environment, with disease transmission possible between farmed and wild hosts. In salmonid aquaculture, salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestations cause production losses, reduce welfare for farmed ...
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Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2021 Salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis pose a major threat to the sustainable development of salmonid farming. To investigate effects of farm-origin salmon lice on wild salmonids, salmon lice dynamics are typically simulated using models that depend on ...
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Head lice infestations: A clinical update. [PDF]
Paediatr Child Health, 2008 europepmc +4 more sources
Host Co-Occurrence and Population Size Explain Genetic Differentiation and Diversity in Seal Lice. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT We studied the drivers of population‐genetic structuring and genetic diversity in specialist parasites based on whole‐genome resequencing data from 82 Echinophthirius horridus seal louse individuals sampled from 12 ecologically and behaviourally different phocine seal species, subspecies and populations across the Holarctic.
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Head lice in Norwegian households: actions taken, costs and knowledge. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 INTRODUCTION: Head lice infestations cause distress in many families. A well-founded strategy to reduce head lice prevalence must shorten the infectious period of individual hosts.
Bjørn Arne Rukke +4 more
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Head lice surveillance on a deregulated OTC-sales market: a study using web query data. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, is an obligate ectoparasite that causes infestations of humans. Studies have demonstrated a correlation between sales figures for over-the-counter (OTC) treatment products and the number of humans with head lice.
Johan Lindh +3 more
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Acclimatisation with lice-infested salmon improves cleaner fish lice consumption [PDF]
Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2021 Securing the welfare and maximising the lice removal efficacy of ~60 million cleaner fish used each year on salmonid farms is essential to develop a productive and ethical industry with low salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis levels. We tested whether ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta welfare and lice consumption differed depending upon whether they were ...
Gentry, K +5 more
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Dermoscopy applied to pediculosis corporis diagnosis [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 We report the case of a 47-year-old homeless male with a massive infestation of Pediculus humanus corporison his entire body. Dermoscopy helped to diagnose pediculosis by showing the involvement of scalp, beard and the genital region in this disease.
Luiz Gustavo Martins +5 more
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The efficacy of emamectin benzoate against infestations of Lepeophtheirus salmonis on farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L) in Scotland, 2002-2006. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BackgroundInfestations of the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis, commonly referred to as sea lice, represent a major challenge to commercial salmon aquaculture.
Fiona Lees +3 more
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