Unilateral Phthiriasis Palpebrarum Infestation: A Rare Presentation [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Phthiriasis palpebrarum is an uncommon eyelid infestation mainly caused by Phthirus pubis also known as crab lice. Case report: A 16 years male presented with redness, itching and watering of the right eye for one week.
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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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Co-extinct and critically co-endangered species of parasitic lice, and conservation-induced extinction: should lice be reintroduced to their hosts? [PDF]
, 2014 The co - extinction of parasitic taxa and their host species isconsideredacommon phenomenon inthecurrent global extinction crisis. However, information about the conservation status of parasitic taxa is scarce.
Rózsa, Lajos, Vas, Zoltán
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Phthiriasis palpebrarum presenting as anterior blepharitis
Indian Journal of Public Health, 2018 In humans, Pthirus pubis or crab louse usually infests hair of pubic region. Phthiriasis palpebrarum (infestation of the eyelashes and eyelids) is not as rare as is reported in literature, especially in low socioeconomic communities.
Taskin Khan
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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, Luo, DW, Yi, JW
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Notes sur les Anoploures de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, du Tchad et du Cameroun (Insecta, Anoplura) [PDF]
, 1996 L'examen de 648 exemplaires d'Anoploures provenant des pays suivants : Mauritanie, Sénégal, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroun et Tchad, nous a permis de recenser 21 espèces dont 9 nouvelles pour le Sénégal, 4 pour la Côte d'Ivoire, 2 pour le Burkina ...
Pajot, François-Xavier
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Pediculus humanus capitis as a potential vector for Acinetobacter baumannii [PDF]
, 2022 Introduction: The presence of bacterial pathogens in the human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis, has been subject to intense research in the last decade.
Larkin, Kelsey
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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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