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Tropical biomedicine, 2013 The sucking lice including the head, body and pubic louse infest humans and so they are of high hygienic importance. Pubic lice are transmitted during sexual contact in adults. Thus, infestation of children with pubis louse is very rare. A case of infestation with pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) in a family in Kashan was seen.
R, Dehghani, M, Limoee, A R, Ahaki
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A rare case of bilateral Phthiriasis palpebrarum with crab louse
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Case Reports, 2023 Phthiriasis palpebrarum is a rare cause of blepharitis in which Pthirus pubis infests the eyelashes. We report a case of bilateral Phthiriasis palpebrarum with crab louse. A 48-year-old woman presented with severe itching in both eyes for 4 days. Careful
Rohit Dureja, Bhagyasree Madduri
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Phthiriasis Palpebrarum Masquerading as Squamous Blepharitis
Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Phthiriasis palpebrarum caused by the parasite Pthirus pubis, is an uncommon cause of blepharitis under unhygienic conditions in sexually active adults.
Rajender Singh Chauhan +4 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2021 No existe un listado taxonómico que incluya a las especies de los 3 subórdenes de Phthiraptera (Anoplura, Amblycera e Ischnocera) presentes en México. Los listados más importantes han sido sobre piojos chupadores —en mamíferos— o masticadores —en aves y
Mirely Guzmán-Torres +1 more
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Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice
BMC Biology, 2007 Background The parasitic sucking lice of primates are known to have undergone at least 25 million years of coevolution with their hosts. For example, chimpanzee lice and human head/body lice last shared a common ancestor roughly six million years ago, a ...
Allen Julie M +3 more
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The Prevalence of Pediculosis and Treatment Needs among the School Children of Age 8-12 Years in Selected Rural Schools of Indore with a View to Develop Health Education Module [PDF]
Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research, 2018 Background: Head and body lice (pediculus humans) are similar in appearance, but the head louse is often smaller in size. While, pubic lice (pthirus pubis), are quite distinctive.
Jinu Rajan
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Phthiriasis palpebrarum misdiagnosed as allergic blepharoconjunctivitis in a 6-year-old girl [PDF]
, 2014 Phthiriasis palpebrarum is an infestation of the eyelashes caused by the louse Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus, 1758). We report a case of phthiriasis palpebrarum in a 6.year.old girl, which was initially misdiagnosed as allergicblepharoconjunctivitis ...
Li, L, Yi, JW, Luo, DW
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Scientifica, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019 Human bed bug infestations have undergone a recent global resurgence. The human antiparasitic drug ivermectin has been proposed as a strategy to help control bed bug infestations, but in vivo data are lacking. We allowed separate populations of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., to feed once on a rabbit before and after it was injected ...
Gale E. Ridge +7 more
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Eczema of the nape: A marker of pthiriasis capitis
, 2020 Pthirus pubis usually infests the pubis, inguinal folds, buttocks and perianal region. In hairy males or when the infestation is longstanding, this louse can also occur on the thighs, abdomen, chest, axillae and beard.
Veraldi S., Nazzaro G., Scanni G.
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Management and Treatment of Human Lice
BioMed Research International, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 Of the three lice (head, body, and pubic louse) that infest humans, the body louse is the species involved in epidemics of louse‐borne typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever, but all the three cause pediculosis. Their infestations occur today in many countries despite great efforts to maintain high standards of public health.
Abdoul Karim Sangaré +3 more
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